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Yet, health center HNHC patients have comparatively lower acute care utilization than patients of other primary care providers, possibly due to better access to nonclinical staff who provide patient support services, such as care coordination and self\u2010management education. Furthermore, rural areas face provider shortages that may impact staffing capacity. We examined the association between capacity of staff who provide patient support services and rates of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations at health centers by urban\u2010rural status.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We used number of full\u2010time equivalent (FTE) outreach workers and patient and community education specialists reported in the Uniform Data System with Medicaid claims data for HNHC Medicaid beneficiaries in California. We developed a negative binomial regression model to assess this relationship, accounting for patient demographics and health status.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found a reduced rate of ED visits per patient per year given 4 or more hours per week of outreach workers versus none overall (\u22120.24) and for health center patients in rural areas (\u22121.02). Similarly, 4 or more hours per week of patient and community education specialists versus none was associated with fewer hospitalizations overall (\u22120.04) and among patients of urban (\u22120.04) health centers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings suggest more care coordination and patient self\u2010management education capacity at primary care providers may be correlated with reduced acute care utilization in rural and urban areas.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jrh.70223","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,29]],"date-time":"2026-09-29T06:41:13Z","timestamp":1790664073000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Potential Role of Nonclinical Patient Support Service Staff in Reducing Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations of Urban and Rural Patients of Health Centers Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"42","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5118-1188","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nadereh","family":"Pourat","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Policy and Management UCLA Fielding School of Public Health  Los Angeles California USA"},{"name":"Center for Health Policy Research University of California  Los Angeles California USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-5945-3551","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Weihao","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Health Policy Research University of California  Los Angeles California USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leigh Ann","family":"Haley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Health Policy Research University of California  Los Angeles California USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alison","family":"Feise","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration  Rockville Maryland USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-5384-2666","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jamie","family":"Ryan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration  Rockville Maryland USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11606\u2010022\u201007809\u20106"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","unstructured":"\u201cHealthcare Access in Rural Communities \u201d Rural Health Information Hub accessed March 31 2025 https:\/\/www.ruralhealthinfo.org\/topics\/healthcare\u2010access."},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11606\u2010020\u201006532\u20104"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0242844"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/mlr.0000000000001206"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/mlr.0000000000001947"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/pop.2024.0241"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_9_1","unstructured":"R. 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