Health Care Safety Net Resources by State
February 1, 2012 | Report
Examine well-functioning safety nets that provide low-income patients affordable access to comprehensive care.
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Resources on the Health Care Safety Net
February 1, 2012 | Report
Resources on the health care safety net, serving unique local networks that are attuned to the needs of the populations they serve.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Safety Net Programs
January 1, 2006 | Book
In the absence of universal health insurance coverage, large numbers of low-income or disadvantaged Americans rely on safety net providers. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's safety net grantmaking has aimed at expanding access to health. This cha ...
Study Shows Safety Net of Free Hospital Care for Uninsured and Underinsured Has Major Holes
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
During 2000 and 2001, Third Sector New England investigated how hospitals develop and implement their policies on providing free care to uninsured and underinsured patients.
Health Care Improvement Process Made Accessible to Safety-Net Providers via Breakthrough Series on Internet
September 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement adapted the organization's existing model for health care improvement processes, known as the Breakthrough Series, for use on the Internet.
A Long and Winding Road
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Federally qualified health centers, community variation and prospects under reform.
Model Safety-Net Programs Could Care for the Uninsured at One-Half the Cost of Medicaid or Private Insurance
September 8, 2011 | Journal Article
Because the reforms under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 will leave an estimated 20 million or more people still uninsured, some Americans will continue to seek care at low or no cost through existing safety-net systems.
The Costs and Adequacy of Safety Net Access for the Uninsured: Exeter and Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Sea Care)
October 1, 2010 | Report
Related Read the Program Results: Looking at Comprehensive Safety Nets in Seven Communities A Primer on Health Care Safety Nets The Costs and Adequacy of Safety Net Access for the Uninsured: (Bexar County) San Antonio The Costs and Adequacy of Safet ...
Urgent Matters
National Program
Program to support the development and implementation of best practices to relieve emergency department overcrowding, and help communities understand the interdependence between the health care safety net and the rest of the delivery system.
Lansing, Mich., Community Mobilizes to Improve Health Care Access for Uninsured
March 30, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Ingham County Health Department, working in partnership with hospitals, employers, consumers and insurers in Lansing, Mich., created an organized system of care for county residents.