Mobile Health Clinics in a Rural Setting: A Cost Analysis and Time Motion Study of La Clínica in Oregon, United States
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Description
Evaluates provider time allocation and retrospective economic cost of nurse practitioner (NP) and community health worker (CHW) services through La Clínica, a Mobile Health Clinic (MHC) intervention in rural Oregon. Discusses populations served by La Clínica, including people experiencing homelessness, Native Americans, and migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Provides data on program costs and NP and CHW time use by task type and population subgroup.
Author(s)
Abigail Higgins, Middy Tilghman, Tracy Kuo Lin
Citation
BMC Health Services Research, 25, 97
Date
01/2025
Type
Document
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American Indian or Alaska Native · Community health workers · Farmers and farmworkers · Healthcare business and finance · Housing and homelessness · Migrants · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Statistics and data · Oregon