This application proposes to conduct two surveys to better understand how the organization and availability of adolescent health services affects adolescents' access to health services. Ultimately the investigators would like to assess the importance and effectiveness of various strategies for organizing adolescent health services. The investigators are using an environment-systems-services-outcomes evaluation model, based on Starfield's primary care health services domains and Aday and Andersen's framework for studying access. In response to the prior review recommendation to reduce the scope of the research project, the investigators chose to postpone data collection related to surveys of adolescents thereby eliminating it from this study. Hence they will not be examining the adolescent outcomes dimension of their model. For providers' outcomes they will measure perceived program accessibility, quality, satisfaction, and rates of reported service use. The study proposes to test two hypotheses: 1) greater availability of comprehensive services is associated with better accessibility, coordination, and better quality of care among all available service providers in a geographic area, and 2) the type of service delivery organization (i.e., school-based clinic, hospital, etc.) is the most important predictor of the provider's comprehensiveness, coordination, and quality, but this relationship is significantly modified by mutable organizational factors, (e.g., programs' interorganizational relationships.)

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HS008192-02
Application #
2546223
Study Section
Health Systems Research (HSR)
Program Officer
Gergen, Peter J
Project Start
1996-09-30
Project End
1999-09-29
Budget Start
1997-09-30
Budget End
1999-09-29
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Rochester
Department
Pediatrics
Type
Schools of Dentistry
DUNS #
208469486
City
Rochester
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
14627