The double burden on safety net providers: Placing health disparities in the context of the privatization of health care in the US

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2702-2714

  Horton, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinician productivity; Health care safety net; Health disparities; Latinos; Private sector reforms; Privatization; Street level bureaucrats; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION;

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PRIVATIZATION; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749248998     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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