The Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative has produced studies and analyses across a broad range of issues:
A new policy research brief released today by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services examines the characteristics of patients whose access to health center services is at risk because of a potential $1.3 billion in direct spending cuts for community health centers.
This analysis indicates that the expansion of community health centers (CHCs) will make a major contribution toward bolstering the capacity of the nation’s primary care system and reducing the long term growth in health care costs.
18. Medical-Legal Partnerships: Addressing the Unmet Legal Needs of Health Center Patients.
This report examines the role of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) as catalysts for improving the overall health of low-income and vulnerable patients by addressing their legal needs.
This brief, issued on the first anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, examines the effect of ARRA stimulus funding on community health centers.
This report is an analysis of health reform legislation currently under consideration in the Senate.
15. Estimating the Economic Gains for States as a Result of Medicaid Coverage Expansions for Adults.
This policy research brief finds that the Medicaid expansions currently under Congressional consideration as part of health reform legislation would not only improve the health and well-being of previously uninsured individuals and families but also would generate significant economic returns in new business activities, jobs, salaries and wages.
This policy research brief finds that health center expansion to serve an additional 20 million patients as a part of national health reform would result in overall health care savings of $212 billion from 2010 to 2019, including federal Medicaid savings of $59 billion.
13. Health Center Data Warehouses: Opportunities and Challenges for Quality Improvement.
This policy research brief reports on a pilot project in Michigan that demonstrates the potential of data warehouses to create performance measures specifically tailored to community health centers.
12. Community Health Centers in Indiana: State Investments and Return.
This brief presents key findings from a recent study that estimated cost savings and benefits generated by Indiana’s investment in the state’s community health centers.
This policy research brief examines the potential impact of the draft House Tri-Committee health reform bill on community health centers’ capacity to provide primary health care services to millions of needy patients, including the newly insured and millions who will remain uninsured.
