Free medical clinics: Helping indigent patients and dealing with emerging health care needs

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1434-1439

  Reynolds, Herbert Y ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; PENNSYLVANIA; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 70349881589     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b6c3eb     Document Type: Review

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