In Health Care, More Money Is Being Spent On Patients’ Social Needs. Is It Working?

(By Phil Galewitz for NPR)

When doctors at a primary care clinic in Philadelphia noticed many of its poorest patients were failing to show up for appointments, they hoped giving out free rides would help.

But the one-time complimentary ride didn’t reduce these patients’ 36% no-show rate at the University of Pennsylvania Health System clinics.

“I was super surprised it did not have any effect,” says Dr. Krisda Chaiyachati, the Penn researcher who led the 2018 study of 786 Medicaid patients.  Continue reading the article here…

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