Public Dialysis Transport Efficiency Using Digital Media

The provision of paratransit services for patients needing dialysis is vital to patient maintenance. The availability of paratransit services varies in North Carolina counties depending on federal, state and local funding. Because these resources are limited, it is important to use available technologies to maximize resource usage. A survey was developed and administered to paratransit county administrators. Results of the preliminary data analysis showed that the use of technologies increased as the number of available dialysis centers increased. Counties also invested in more technologies as their feelings about funding adequacy for investments in general and from federal sources increased. Finally, those counties that felt they would be able to keep up with demand for dialysis services in the future tended to invest in more technologies.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ncat.edu/cobe/transportation-institute/catm/catm_documents/paratransitfinalreport.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36254
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Center for Advanced Transportation Mobility

  North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  Greensboro, NC  United States  27411

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lind, Mary R
  • 0000-0001-7941-8546
  • Hensley, Rhonda L
  • 0000-0001-5699-2801
• Publication Date: 2017-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 41p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Financing; Paratransit services; Surveys; Telecommunications
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dialysis patients; Non-emergency medical transportation
• Geographic Terms: North Carolina
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01674923
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CATM-2017-R1.NCAT
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747125
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 10 2018 5:42PM