TY - JOUR
T1 - Rides for Refugees
T2 - A Transportation Assistance Pilot for Women’s Health
AU - Vais, Simone
AU - Siu, Justin
AU - Maru, Sheela
AU - Abbott, Jodi
AU - St. Hill, Ingrid
AU - Achilike, Confidence
AU - Wu, Wan Ju
AU - Adegoke, Tejumola M.
AU - Steer-Massaro, Courtney
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Transportation barriers can limit access to healthcare for refugee and asylum seeking women. This study assesses the efficacy of a healthcare-directed rideshare application for overcoming these barriers at an urban health clinic. A pilot study was conducted at Boston Medical Center’s Refugee Women’s Health Clinic from June 2018 to February 2019. Women with gynecologic visits reporting transportation difficulties were offered rides. The primary outcome was no-show rates. Secondary outcomes included cost, and patient/provider experiences. Of 102 eligible visits, 31 reported transportation insecurity and received rides. Those women had a 6% no-show rate, compared to 30% in women denying transportation barriers, and 50% amongst unreachable women (p < 0.0001). The intervention cost $2033 and generated $30,337 in charges. Minimal adverse experiences were reported. Healthcare-directed rideshare applications are an effective and cost-efficient strategy for refugee and asylum seeking women to access essential health services.
AB - Transportation barriers can limit access to healthcare for refugee and asylum seeking women. This study assesses the efficacy of a healthcare-directed rideshare application for overcoming these barriers at an urban health clinic. A pilot study was conducted at Boston Medical Center’s Refugee Women’s Health Clinic from June 2018 to February 2019. Women with gynecologic visits reporting transportation difficulties were offered rides. The primary outcome was no-show rates. Secondary outcomes included cost, and patient/provider experiences. Of 102 eligible visits, 31 reported transportation insecurity and received rides. Those women had a 6% no-show rate, compared to 30% in women denying transportation barriers, and 50% amongst unreachable women (p < 0.0001). The intervention cost $2033 and generated $30,337 in charges. Minimal adverse experiences were reported. Healthcare-directed rideshare applications are an effective and cost-efficient strategy for refugee and asylum seeking women to access essential health services.
KW - Gynecology
KW - Refugee
KW - Social determinants of health
KW - Transportation
KW - Women’s health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075471428&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10903-019-00946-x
DO - 10.1007/s10903-019-00946-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 31758420
AN - SCOPUS:85075471428
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 22
SP - 74
EP - 81
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 1
ER -