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| Lyft, Inc. | UNKNOWN |
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This study is a prospective clinical trial designed to primarily test the impact of rideshare-based transportation services from a digital transportation network, Lyft, on reducing primary care clinic missed appointments--a composite outcome of no-shows and same day cancellations--for Medicaid patients. The study population consists of West Philadelphia residents who are established patients at two of the Penn Medicine Primary Care Practices within the University of Pennsylvania Health System. The study subjects are allocated into the intervention or control arm using a pseudorandomization approach - those receiving an appointment reminder on an even calendar day are in the intervention arm and odd calendar day calls are in the control arm.
Secondary outcomes include the time of arrival to the clinics relative to actual appointment time (both arms), prospective utilization of acute care settings (both arms), prospective utilization of primary care (both arms), and description of programmatic metrics in the intervention arm (travel time, misuse, and costs). The investigators will assess the patient experience after each ride using a telephone-based survey and in-depth interviews. All adults with established primary care at the Penn Medicine Clinics, who have Medicaid, and do not require wheelchair accessible rides will be eligible for the rideshare service. The investigators hypothesize that individuals offered a rideshare-based transportation service will have a decreased proportion of missed appointments and same day cancellations as those not offered the service.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Rideshare | Experimental | The intervention arm will receive an appointment reminder and free transportation for one appointment to travel between the patient's home and primary care clinic using a rideshare-based transportation service. |
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| Control | No Intervention | The control arm will receive an appointment reminder, but no free transportation offer. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Rideshare-based transportation | Other |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The proportion of missed appointments (no-shows and same-day cancellation) in the intervention arm and the control arm | The missed appointment proportion is based on the one appointment for which patients were contacted to receive a free ride | Within 2 days of enrollment |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Arrival time to clinic relative to the scheduled time (both arms) | Within 2 days of enrollment | |
| Post-intervention, utilization frequency of acute care settings (both arms) | 7-days, 30-days, and 6 months post-appointment |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Penn Internal Medicine Primary Care Practice | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19146 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 29404572 | Result | Chaiyachati KH, Hubbard RA, Yeager A, Mugo B, Lopez S, Asch E, Shi C, Shea JA, Rosin R, Grande D. Association of Rideshare-Based Transportation Services and Missed Primary Care Appointments: A Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Mar 1;178(3):383-389. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.8336. | |
| 29380214 | Result | Chaiyachati KH, Hubbard RA, Yeager A, Mugo B, Shea JA, Rosin R, Grande D. Rideshare-Based Medical Transportation for Medicaid Patients and Primary Care Show Rates: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis of a Pilot Program. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Jun;33(6):863-868. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4306-0. Epub 2018 Jan 29. |
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| Post-intervention, utilization frequency of primary care (both arms) | 7-days, 30-days, and 6 months post-appointment |
| Post-intervention, frequency of missed primary care appointments (both arms) | 30-days and 6-months post-appointment |