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receiving care at Friend Family Health Center (FFHC), a federally qualified health center located 0.5 miles away. Exclusion criteria were agreed upon (eg, dyspnea; abdominal pain; chest pain; abscess with fever; pregnancy-related complaint; need for IVs, xrays, suturing, splinting, lumbar puncture, or arthrocentesis; and HMO insurance). Patients with low-acuity complaints are screened at triage for eligibility and, if eligible, may later be offered the option by a nurse. If the patient consents, a brief medical screening exam is performed by a physician, the FFHC nurse is notified by text-page, and the patient is accompanied to a UC shuttle bus for transportation to FFHC. The service is available 38 hours/week (weekday days). Results: From January 1 to March 31, 2008, 194 patients (over 90% of those asked) consented to the "alternate site of care" option (ϳ3 patients per weekday). Average age was 31 years old (range 16 to 81). 66% of the patients were female. 44% of the patients had Medicaid, 29% private insurance, 22% were uninsured, and 5% had Medicare. The most common chief complaints were upper respiratory symptoms, musculoskeletal pain, genitourinary problems, and rash. The av

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Author

J.F. Neuenschwander; B.C. Hiestand; W.F. Peacock IV; L.C. Sondrup; J.D. Hummel; E.G. Daoud; W.T. Abraham

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Mosby Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1097-6760)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)