U.S. federally funded clinics for low-income patients as effective as private practices
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 23:00
in Health & Medicine
Federally Qualified Health Centers and "look-alike" clinics are expected to be part of the solution to anticipated primary care shortages, as up to 32 million currently uninsured people begin to seek health care as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Despite concerns that these clinics may provide less effective care, a new study has found that they are as effective as private primary care practices, and better on some quality measures.