Free clinics stand as a pillar of the health care safety net: Findings from a narrative literature review

Free Clinics: Local Responses to Health Care Needs

Volumn 9781421408859, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-21

  Schiller, Emily Rose ^a   Thurston, Michelle Ann ^b   Khan, Zubair ^c   Fetters, Michael D ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Chicago Law Firm Rab and Kahn   (France)

^d Dominos Farms Family Medicine   (United States)

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