Healthcare Reform: A Survey of College Health Services

Abstract

As federal legislators moved closer to enacting significant healthcare reform during fall 1994, it was apparent to the college health community that campus health programs could be significantly affected. Uncertainty over the impending legislation led college health directors to consider two important questions: What is the federal government going to do? and What could college health directors do to position their organizations more effectively to respond to pending reform? The former question was debated on a daily basis throughout the United States with no resolution in sight. The latter question was the ultimate focus of this survey research involving 56 of 79 schools (71% response rate from institutions in 38 states). Half of the schools had enrollments between 15,001-25,000 students; 86% used prepaid fees as their primary financing mechanism. Survey results identified college health directors' preferences for 27 different organizational strategies in response to possible healthcare reform initiatives.

Integrating behavioral health services into a university health center: Patient and provider satisfaction.

“…In addition, a majority of students are developmentally just beginning to take care of themselves while continuing to maintain significant ties to their parents, sometimes limiting their financial resources and ability to travel off campus for additional specialty services. Another caveat is that most university health clinics provide services to students using a general health fee that is wrapped into their tuition, eliminating difficulties with insurance claims (Mills, Gold, & Curran, 1996).…”