Community health center integration: Experience in the State of Ohio

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-64

  McAlearney, John S ^a   McAlearney, Ann Scheck ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health centers; Health services accessibility; Medically underserved area; Medically uninsured; Organizational case studies; Organizational models; Organizational objectives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; OHIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33644785870     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0030     Document Type: Article

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