Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening Rates in US Health Centers through Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation
Table 1
Comparison of all grantees and sample grantees by general health center characteristics and patient demographics.
FY12 supplemental funding grantees ()
Final sample ()
Health center characteristics
% large (>10,000 patients per year)
60.4%
57.5%
Mean clinical FTEs/10,000 patients
24.8
25.9
HHS regions
% I
9.3%
8.8%
% II
9.3%
8.8%
% III
9.6%
8.8%
% IV
15.5%
15.0%
% V
13.8%
13.8%
% VI
10.9%
10.0%
% VII
5.3%
6.3%
% VIII
4.9%
5.0%
% IX
13.8%
15.0%
% X
7.5%
8.8%
% urban
52.1%
51.3%
Pap test quartile
1 (highest 25% screening rate)
24.2%
21.3%
2
27.2%
26.3%
3
26.3%
28.8%
4 (lowest 25% screening rate)
22.1%
23.8%
% PCMH recognized
23.5%
23.8%
Patient demographics
>10% homeless
6.7%
10.0%
>10% agricultural Worker
6.1%
7.5%
>10% uninsured
22.5%
23.8%
>10% Hispanic/Latino
33.9%
32.5%
>10% Asian
5.1%
6.3%
>10% African American
29.4%
26.3%
>10% best served in language other than English
17.4%
18.8%
FY: fiscal year. FTEs: full-time equivalents. HHS: Health and Human Services. PCMH: patient-centered medical home. HHS regions: US Department of Health and Human Service divided the country into 10 regions with offices to oversee regional operations.
