Impact of Transportation Interventions on Health Care Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Author: Solomon, Eli M.; Wing, Holly; Steiner, John F.; Gottlieb, Laura M. Description: INTRODUCTION: Lack of reliable transportation can be a barrier to keeping appointments or accessing other health care services. Increasingly, insurers and health care delivery systems subsidize transportation services for patients. This systematic review synthesizes existing research on nonemergency medical transportation interventions. METHODS: We searched 3 databases (Embase, PubMed, Google) for studies of health care sector-sponsored programs that provided patients assistance with nonemergency transportation and directly assessed the impact of transportation assistance on health and health care utilization…
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