Health reform's impact on federally qualified community health centers: The unintended consequence of increased medicaid enrollment on the primary care medical home

Health Care Manager

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-106

  Kulesher, Robert R ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountable care organizations; community health centers; health reform; Medicaid and Medicare; primary care medical homes

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; ARTICLE; LEGAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877693208     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e31828ef5d5     Document Type: Article

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