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Health Center Investments in Enabling Services Associated with Better Outcomes

Year Developed: 2017

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc)

Language(s): English

Developed by: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: This factsheet provides analysis of the health center data from the 2015 Uniform Data System (UDS). The data highlights that enabling services staffing and costs are associated with better national quality measures, including higher rate of HbA1c < 8%, higher rate of controlled hypertension, higher cervical cancer screening, and higher child immunization rate.

Resource Details: This fact sheet examines the association between health centers’ investment in enabling services (ES) and patient health outcomes. Enabling services are non-clinical services that aim to increase access to health care and improve health outcomes. This data shows that investments in enabling services are vital. Enabling services are crucial in health centers ability to address social determinants of health.

Resource Topic: Quality, Special and Vulnerable Populations

Resource Subtopic: Policy and Advocacy, Quality Improvement.

Keywords: Data Collection, Management, and Analytics, Documentation , Non-Clinical Services, Quality Measures , Uniform Data System (UDS).