Transportation and Health An Overview of the Rides to Wellness Initiative in the Atlanta Metro Region Amanda Tyler Aging & Independence Services Committee Meeting November 15, 2018
Rides to Wellness • Is an initiative from the Federal Transit Administration with the goals to: ▪ Increase partnerships between health and transportation providers ▪ Increase access to care ▪ Improve health outcomes ▪ Reduce health care cost
Rides to Wellness How? 1 2 3 Travel Training ADA Complementary Complimentary Paratransit and/or MARTA Transit Reduced Fare Passes Enrollment Assistance
213 Patients served through Rides to Wellness
77% of R2W participants live in an Equitable Target Area 32% Very High ETA 14.9% High ETA 29.7% Medium ETA 23% No ETA
36,386 Trips provided through Rides to Wellness
Rides to Wellness Trips Provided 8000 7000 6682 6532 6170 5886 6000 5670 5446 5000 Number of Trips 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Full Fare Reduced Fare Paratransit
68% Patients who improved their appointment adherence over the 6 months of Rides to Wellness
39% Patients who increased their appointment attendance rate over 6 months
48% Patients decreased their appointment cancellation rate
40% Patients decreased their no show rate over the 6 months of Rides to Wellness
Does reducing missed appointments improve patient Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL)? Health Related Quality of Life 16.0 13.4 14.0 12.0 Unhealthy Days (Average) 10.3 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 Pre-R2W Post-R2W
Does improving transportation access improve patient’s health related quality of life? Health Related Quality of Life 16.0 14.3 14.0 11.4 12.0 Unhealthy Days (Average) 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 Pre-R2W Post-R2W
$32.54 Average cost of a breeze card per participant each month
$2 Average round trip cost for Rides to Wellness participants
$154 Cost of a missed appointment
$11 Cost per day of good health
Testimonials “R2W gave me a chance to “R2W has helped build up my improve my financial confidence because I am situation. I was able to getting out more. I am improve my income without learning how to coach myself having to worry about my out of anxiety because I am MARTA card.” able to attend Grady behavioral health class. I am gaining power back and taking authority of my life.” “Everything (R2W) was really good. It was reassuring to know that I have trips each month. It was one less thing to worry about and I appreciated you checking in each month. This program made a big difference.”
Thank You!
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