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Chapter 5: Cost of Providing Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Because this study focuses on the population of transportation-disadvantaged individuals who miss non-emergency medical care due to a lack of available transportation, we must examine the costs of providing additional transportation to serve the needs of this population to determine if the net healthcare benefits of this transportation are worthwhile. Thus, the primary purpose of this chapter is to develop cost estimates for several categories of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT)
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completed in 2000 (CTAA, 2001) , showed an average cost of about $16 nationally for Medicaid trips, independent of transportation service type.
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one-way trip" -- a number that lies in between our urban ambulatory and wheelchair estimates. Furthermore, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
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Table 5-2: Cost Estimates for Fixed-Route Service Based on APTA Web Site (and NTD Data) Mode Operating Costs ($1000s)
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• Intermediate Estimate: Again, all persons in the target population represented as having none of the functional limitations asked about are assumed to need only ambulatory services; half of those in urban areas are assumed to use fixed-route transit, and all in rural areas are assumed to use ambulatory paratransit. As with the low estimate, those represented by some functional limitations but no need for special equipment (such as a wheelchair)
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5.4 Discussion of NEMT Cost Estimates While we have used available data as judiciously as possible to develop our cost estimates, numerous uncertainties still exist in combining these costs with healthcare costs and benefits, as is done in Chapter 7. This section comments on some of these uncertainties.
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