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Does community-governed nonprofit primary care improve access to services? Cross-sectional survey of practice characteristics

Published: January 1, 2005
Category: Bibliography > Papers
Authors: Crampton P, Davis P, Forrest CB, Lay-Yee R, Raymont A, Starfield B
Countries: New Zealand
Language: null
Types: Care Management
Settings: Government

Int J Health Serv 35:465-478.

Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, New Zealand

This study compared community-governed nonprofit and for-profit primary care practices in New Zealand to test two hypotheses: (1) nonprofits reduce financial and cultural barriers to access; and (2) nonprofits do not differ from for-profits in equipment, services, service planning, and quality management. Data were obtained from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of GPs. Practices were categorized by ownership status: private community-governed nonprofit or private for-profit. Community-governed nonprofits charged lower patient fees per visit and employed more Maori and Pacific Island staff, thus reducing financial and cultural barriers to access compared with for-profits. Nonprofits provided a different range of services and were less likely to have specific items of equipment; they were more likely to have written policies on quality management, complaints, and critical events, and to carry out locality service planning and community needs assessments. The findings support the shift to nonprofit community governance occurring in New Zealand and elsewhere.

PMID: 16119570

Population Markers,New Zealand,Resource Use,Care Management,Practice Patterns Comparison,Community Health Services/economics,Community Health Services/utilization,Cross-Sectional Studies,Cultural Diversity,Fees,Medical,Health Care Surveys,Health Services,Indigenous/organization & administration,Oceanic Ancestry Group,Ownership/classification,Physicians,Family/economics,Physicians,Family/organizations & administration

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