Recent trends and geographic variation in the safety net

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 408-415

  Marquis, M Susan ^a   Rogowski, Jeannette A ^a   Escarce, José J ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Market structure; Safety net; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 2542475287     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000124243.59446.5e     Document Type: Article

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