title: Financial performance and managed care trends of health centers.
abstract: Data were analyzed from the 1998-2004 Uniform Data System (UDS) to identify trends and predictors of financial performance (costs, productivity, and overall financial health) for health centers (HCs). Several differences were noted regarding revenues, self-sufficiency, service offerings, and urban/rural setting. Urban centers with larger numbers of clients, centers that treated high numbers of patients with chronic diseases, and centers with large numbers of prenatal care users were the most fiscally sound. Positive financial performance can be targeted through strategies that generate positive revenue, strive to decrease costs, and target services that are in demand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Administration, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA. martinb@etsu.edu
authors.forename: Brian C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Leiyu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Ryan D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000639:trends*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States