Survey of Primary Care Preventive Services Availability and Provider Practices inCommunity and Migrant Health Centers

摘要

The study presents a survey that will be used to examine the status and capacityof preventive health care services at community and migrant health centers (C/MHCs). The project included administering the survey at nine C/MHCs, soliciting comments about the survey, and revising the survey based on these responses. The study found that (1) no major changes to the survey content or format were needed, but because the survey takes so long to complete (an average of 75 minutes), it is not advisable to distribute the entire survey to every respondent; (2) the strategy is made more feasible by the fact that the survey is divided into sections, based on health care recipients' age groups; and (3) to conduct the survey, all 544 C/MHCs should be included; respondents should be assured of the confidentiality of their responses; and the medical directors of C/MHCs should be sent letters notifying them about the survey. Additionally, the authors examined insurance coverage for preventive services.