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Eve Weiss, MS, Kathryn Haslanger, JD, McRp and Joel C. Cantor, ScD

Eve Weiss and Kathryn Haslanger are with the United Hospital Fund, New York, NY. Joel C. Cantor is with the Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Kathryn Haslanger, JD, MCRP, United Hospital Fund, 350 Fifth Ave, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10118-2399 (e-mail: khaslanger{at}uhfnyc.org).

Objectives. This study analyzed data from a survey of New York City ambulatory care facilities to determine primary care accessibility for low-income patients, as evidenced by the availability of enabling services, after-hours coverage, and policies for serving the uninsured.

Methods. Ambulatory care facilities were surveyed in 1997, and analysis was performed on a set of measures related to access to care. Only sites that provided comprehensive primary care services were included in the analysis. For comparison, sites were classified by sponsorship (public, nonprofit voluntary hospital, federally qualified health center, non-hospital-sponsored community health center).

Results. Publicly sponsored sites and federally qualified health center sites showed the strongest performance across nearly all the measures of accessibility that were examined.

Conclusions. As safety net clinics confront the financial strain of implementing mandatory Medicaid managed care while also dealing with declining Medicaid caseloads and increasing numbers of uninsured, their ability to sustain the policies and services that support primary care accessibility may be threatened.

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