Innovative Program Delivery and Determinants of Frequent Visitation to a Mobile Medical Clinic in an Urban Setting

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Britton A GibsonFrederick L Altice

Abstract

The Community Health Care Van (CHCV) is a mobile medical clinic (MMC) that has served vulnerable populations in New Haven, Connecticut since 1993. This study explores utilization patterns to understand if certain populations frequently rely upon non-traditional health care within a representative MMC. Patient characteristics, services used, and visitation frequency were described and compared for 8,415 unique clients making 29,728 visits. Negative binomial regression was used to model the impact of specific indicators on visitation. Clients receiving buprenorphine had the highest visitation rates, with 2.09 visits per person-year. Increased CHCV visitation was positively associated with being foreign-born (additional 3.42 visits on average, p < .001), injection drug use (additional 1.69 visits on average, p < .001) and having hypertension (additional 1.09 visits on average, p < .001). As the Affordable Care Act has increased health insurance coverage, MMCs will continue their role in assisting entry into continuous health care and offering low-threshold acute care for urban vulnerable populations.

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