Publications
Open Door Veterinary Collective Publications
We lead and participate in research probing access to care issues, developing new deliver models, and highlighting evidence-based, spectrum of care veterinary medicine.
A prospective observational study of how veterinary clinics and their clients utilized a no-credit-check, third-party managed installment financing option to increase access to veterinary care. https://www.frontiersin.org/
Payment options: An analysis of 6 years of payment plan data and potential implications for for-profit clinics, non-profit veterinary providers, and funders to access to care initiatives.https://www.
Could offering a variety of payment options lead to more owners accepting care recommendations? https://avmajournals.avma.org/
The Twenty Highest Priority Questions to Answer to Improve Access to Veterinary Care. (Co Author) https://jsmcah.org/index.php/
Supporting Rights to Emotional Support Animals as an Accommodation: A Scoping Review of Professional Guidelines.(Lead Facilitators) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08927936.2024.2378593
We’re featured in AAHA Trends June 2024 article on More Options Equals Better Care
We also share other research and articles... see below!
Pet Family and Community
- Supporting rights to emotional support animals as an accommodation: A scoping review of professional guidelines for verifying eligibility
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08927936.2024.2378593?needAccess=true
- Reimagining Healthcare: Human-Animal Bond Support as a Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Public Health Intervention
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/7/5272
- Access to Care Coalition Report
avcc.utk.edu/avcc-report.pdf - Pet Owners' Perceptions and Experiences with Community Veterinary Clinics
aspcapro.org/research/study-pet-owners-perceptions-and-experiences-community-veterinary-clinics - Meals on Wheels America, Pet Programming and Client Needs Assessment (2021)
This report identifies the attachment levels of homebound clients of Meals on Wheels programs across the country with their pets and the needs of those pet homes. Survey questions align to the Access to Veterinary Care 2018 study to provide comparison in incidence and barriers to accessing veterinary care.
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Measuring Changes in Perceptions of Access to Pet Support Care in Underserved Communities https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.745345/full
- The Veterinary Care Accessibility Project www.accesstovetcare.org
Cost
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Financial fragility and demographic factors predict pet owners’ perceptions of access to veterinary care in the United States
https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/260/14/javma.21.11.0486.xml - Lifetime Cost of Pet Ownership
dvm360.com/view/synchrony-study-unveils-staggering- findings-surrounding-lifetime- cost-of-pet-ownership
Spectrum of Care
- JAVMA Surgery in a veterinary outpatient community medicine setting has a good outcome for dogs with pyometra
- JAVMA Viewpoint: Spectrum of care: more than treatment options
- Assessing the Impact of a Virtual Shelter Medicine Rotation on Veterinary Students' Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes Regarding Access to Veterinary Care
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.783233/full
