title: Identifying key patient demographics and organizational factors that contribute to health center participation in research.
abstract: Federally Qualified Health Centers are well positioned for translational research given their diverse patient population, unique characteristics, and community knowledge. This was the first national survey that assessed their research activities. Those with research experience were more likely to be urban and Health Care for the Homeless grantees and had more patients, minority patients, and physicians relative to nonphysician providers, enabling services providers, Medicaid revenues per Medicaid patient, and total revenues per patient than health centers with no experience and no future interest in research. Only enabling services providers to patient ratios and total patients remained significant after controlling for other factors.
authors.affiliation: Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research, New York, New York (Dr Shin); Department of Health Policy, The Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Shin and Mss Sharac and Beeson); and, Public Policy and Research, National Association of Community Health Centers, Washington, District of Columbia (Mss Proser and Jester).
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sharac
authors.forename: Tishra
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beeson
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Proser
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jester
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D035842:Research Subjects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States