Looking at Comprehensive Safety Nets in Seven Communities
October 10, 2012 | Program Result
From 2009 through 2012, researchers analyzed access to care and the cost of care provided by comprehensive health care safety nets in seven communities.
Safety Nets
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The Safety Net Assessment Project: Factors Influencing Access to Health Care for Low-Income People
February 6, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers with the Safety Net Assessment Project examined how individual- and community-level factors influence access to health care for low-income residents, and why their access varies in different metropolitan regions of the U.S.
Health Care Improvement Process Made Accessible to Safety-Net Providers via Breakthrough Series on Internet
September 1, 2003 | Program Result
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.
How Can Safety-Net Providers Care for Uninsured Patients While Controlling Costs?
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
In 2000, researchers from the Lewin Group conducted a study of care management programs for uninsured and vulnerable populations.
Future of the Health Care Safety-Net Functions Hang by a String
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
The Alpha Center for Health Planning and the People-to-People Health Foundation sponsored a conference and published papers on the future financing of two critical health system functions in the United States.
Stricter Rules and Tighter Budgets Strain the System, But it Keeps on Ticking
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
During 1995 and 1996, investigators at Kalkines, Arky, Zall and Bernstein took a snapshot of the state of the health care safety net in four major urban areas (Boston, Miami, Philadelphia, and New York City).
Helping Safety-Net Providers Improve Care for Medicaid Patients at the End of Life
August 1, 2000 | Program Result
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Boston, undertook a project to include 10 safety-net health care providers in its Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Improving Care at the End of Life.
In Four Major Cities, Providers to the Poor Just Barely Keep Up With Demand
November 1, 1997 | Program Result
The Lewin Group, a health care and social services consulting firm based in Falls Church, Va., took a snapshot of the state of the health care safety net in four urban areas: Dallas, Los Angeles, Memphis, and New York City.
Study Shows Safety Net of Free Hospital Care for Uninsured and Underinsured Has Major Holes
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
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.
Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education
November 19, 2012 | Program Result
RWJF's Dental Pipeline Program helped dental schools increase access to dental care for underserved populations through expanded community-based education and recruitment of underrepresented minority and low-income students.