Federally Qualified Health Centers and Private Practice Performance on Ambulatory Care Measures

Publication Date: 
7/10/2012

Author Information

L. Elizabeth Goldman, MD, MCR, Philip W. Chu, MS, Huong Tran, MS, Randall S. Stafford, MD, PhD
American Journal of Preventative Medicine

This study "shows that federally funded health centers performed best in treating conditions with well-defined standard guidelines, and the public facilities scored higher than private practices in areas such as chronic disease management and screening procedures."