Reflections on a decade of funding public hospital systems

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1330-1333

  Brousseau, Ruth ^a   Chang, Sophia ^b  

^a San Francisco General Hospital ^*

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO CARE; CHRONIC CARE; HEALTH PHILANTHROPY; HEALTH REFORM; QUALITY OF CARE; SAFETY-NET SYSTEMS;

CALIFORNIA; CAPITAL FINANCING; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FORECASTING; FOUNDATIONS; FUND RAISING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNCOMPENSATED CARE;

EID: 84880603426     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0066     Document Type: Article

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