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Alston, Reginald J. Alston, Reginald J. Farner, Susan M. Harvey, Idethia S. Ogbudimpka, Jerry E. Trask, Jeffrey T. 2011-05-25T14:54:51Z 2011-05-25T14:54:51Z 2011-05-25T14:54:51Z 2011-05 The health care system in the United States has a safety net to provide care for the millions of Americans without health insurance and lack access to care. The safety net system includes hospital emergency departments, federally qualified health centers, and community clinics. With the costs of health care rising, ways to utilize and maximize the effectiveness of safety net providers is critical. One way to conserve costs involves preventing those without insurance from using the emergency room as a primary care provider. This study surveyed two uninsured groups, one using a local free clinic for primary care (n = 54) and one from the community that did not use the free clinic (n = 70). The uninsured group that used the free clinic had a statistically significant lower average of emergency room visits than the uninsured group that did not use the free clinic. The results suggest that providing primary care for the uninsured decreases emergency room usage. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2011-04-21T19:23:08Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 4 Dissertation - Title Page Revised.doc: 26624 bytes, checksum: f85248e342238fd893ec65cc78b75b8c (MD5) Table of Contents.doc: 42496 bytes, checksum: 7f43f856e2fa3af9ab7843dfb1df5691 (MD5) Dissertation Final 3-30-11.doc: 1909248 bytes, checksum: 493c0d0fa1be00b8306d010d875b1f3b (MD5) Trask_Jeffrey.pdf: 1433165 bytes, checksum: ba4cab0827933ac9a8057d6027439b3b (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-25T14:54:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 5 Trask_Jeffrey.pdf: 1423679 bytes, checksum: 5fa8c1f177e5a438bf52e4b004f8af3d (MD5) license.txt: 4061 bytes, checksum: 8234d58c122135756f3721dc069b5de1 (MD5) Dissertation Final 3-30-11.doc: 1909248 bytes, checksum: 493c0d0fa1be00b8306d010d875b1f3b (MD5) Table of Contents.doc: 42496 bytes, checksum: 7f43f856e2fa3af9ab7843dfb1df5691 (MD5) Dissertation - Title Page Revised.doc: 26624 bytes, checksum: f85248e342238fd893ec65cc78b75b8c (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/24238 en Copyright 2011 Jeffrey T. Trask Uninsured Emergency Room Emergency Department Free Clinics Health Policy Relationship between primary care access through free clinics and emergency room usage Kinesiology & Community Health 1581 Community Health 0349 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D. PHD:Community Health -UIUC 10KS0349PHD