Executive Summary: Cost Benefit Analysis of Providing Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

This digest summarizes the final report of Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Project B-27, "Cost Benefit Analysis of Providing Non-Emergency Medical Transportation." It contains information on the relative costs and benefits of providing transportation to non-emergency medical care for individuals who miss or delay healthcare appointments because of transportation issues. Paratransit operators and other transportation providers, legislative policy makers, and healthcare providers responsible for cost-effective transportation and healthcare decisions will find this digest of interest.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rrd_75.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
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• Authors:
  • Hughes-Cromwick, Paul
  • Wallace, Richard
• Publication Date: 2006-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 5p
• Serial:
  • TCRP Research Results Digest
  • Issue Number: 75
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Decision making; Health care; Medical trips; Paratransit services; Policy; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Uncontrolled Terms: Non-emergency medical transportation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01015627
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 27 2006 10:02AM