Kansas Health Institute | Staff: John Rule

Agencies withdraw request, citing privacy concerns

Two state agencies have rescinded their request for lists of attendant care workers’ names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses.

Kansas Mission of Mercy - Garden City: Patient Characteristics, Needs, and Satisfaction

More than 15 percent of the patients served by a free dental clinic early this year reported they have never been to a dentist.

Immunizing Children in Their Medical Home — Does it Make a Difference?

Children immunized in private clinics received more timely immunizations during the first year of life than those immunized in local health departments, but by 24 months of age, that difference disappears.

Kansas Mission of Mercy-Topeka: Patient Characteristics, Needs and Satisfaction

Almost 80 percent of the patients served by a free dental clinic early this year reported they did not have dental insurance.

Who Vaccinates Our Children?

For a variety of reasons, many private providers in Kansas do not give childhood immunizations, ranking the state among the lowest seven in the country for private provider participation.

Obesity Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Kansas

A new statewide survey shows that racial and ethnic minorities in Kansas, particularly blacks and Hispanics, are more likely than their white counterparts, to be overweight or obese.

Report: Kansas Mission of Mercy-Wichita: Patient Characteristics, Needs and Satisfaction

Kansas Mission of Mercy, a free dental clinic sponsored by the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation, served 1,822 patients at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita in January 2006. Patients completed exit surveys, which were analyzed by KHI and summarized in this report for the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund.

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