Expanding the safety net of specialty care for the uninsured: A case study

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1 PART 2, 2012, Pages 344-362

  Spatz, Erica S ^a   Phipps, Michael S ^a,b   Wang, Oliver J ^a,c   Lagarde, Suzanne ^a   Lucas, Georgina I ^a   Curry, Leslie A ^d   Rosenthal, Marjorie S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; community based participatory research; demonstration project; integrated delivery system; Uninsured safety net providers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNINSURED; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; CHARITIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONNECTICUT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84855848765     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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