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Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH

Professor and Director of the Center for Health Policy Research, The Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity (Mullan Institute) at the George Washington University Health

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Authors: Xinxin Han | Patricia Pittman | Leighton Ku

Topics: Behavioral Health, Community Health Centers, Health Workforce Journal Supplement, Staffing

October 1, 2021
This article examines the contributions of NHSC and non-NHSC clinicians to medical and behavioral health costs per visit in community health centers.
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Authors: Xinxin Han | Leighton Ku

Topics: Behavioral Health, Community Health Centers, Rural Health

December 2, 2019
This article compares behavioral health care staffing and services in rural and urban community health centers.
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Authors: Xinxin Han | Patricia Pittman | Clese Erikson | Fitzhugh Mullan | Leighton Ku

Topics: Health Information Technology, Rural Health

October 28, 2019
This article helps validate the effectiveness of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) loan repayment and scholarship incentives as a recruitment strategy and to inform policies on the impact of NHSC on community health centers' patient care capacity.
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Authors: Bianca Frogner | Xiaoli Wu | Leighton Ku | Patricia Pittman | Leah Masselink

Topics: Community Health Centers, Health Information Technology, Staffing

January 1, 2017
This article examines the relationship between the use of electronic health records and productivity in community health centers.
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Authors: Patricia Pittman | Leah Masselink | Lauren Bade | Bianca Frogner | Leighton Ku

Topics: Community Health Centers, Primary Care, Staffing

September 1, 2016
This article explores perceptions of CEOs of community health centers (CHCs) with a variety of staff configurations, and identifies a typology of factors they consider when deciding how to staff their centers.
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