Mark Your Calendar: The Health Care Safety Net in a Post-Reform World
September 27, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Two RWJF grantees will present a health policy forum on safety net programs that serve low-income and uninsured patients.
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The Health Care Safety Net in a Post-Reform World
August 1, 2012 | Book
The Health Care Safety Net in a Post-Reform World examines how national health care reform will impact safety-net programs that serve low-income and uninsured patients. The "safety net" refers to the collection of hospitals, clinics, and doctors who ...
Social Security and Mortality
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
For millions of elderly Americans, Social Security has eliminated the burden of poverty and improved their health.
Comparison of Change in Quality of Care Between Safety-Net and Non-Safety Net Hospitals
May 14, 2008 | Journal Article
Quality of care improvement programs, such as bonuses for top-performing hospitals, could end up penalizing safety-net hospitals and aggravating existing disparities between safety-net and wealthy hospitals. This longitudinal study examined changes in disparities in care quality over time at safety-net and nonsafety-net hospitals.
California Hospitals Serving Large Minority Populations Were More Likely Than Others To Employ Ambulance Diversion
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
It is well documented that racial and ethnic minority populations disproportionately use hospital emergency departments for safety-net care. But what is not known is whether emergency department crowding is disproportionately affecting minority popu ...
Will Reform Strengthen or Strain the Health Care Safety Net?
October 25, 2012 | Story
RWJF Scholars chart opportunities and problems and pose solutions for protecting the health care institutions that serve the most vulnerable.
Expanding the Safety-Net of Specialty Care for the Uninsured
October 18, 2011 | Journal Article
Project Access–New Haven used the principles of community-based participatory research to increase specialty care for vulnerable Latinos
Pipeline, Profession & Practice: Community-Based Dental Education
November 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
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.
Free Clinics Helping to Patch the Safety Net
February 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Volunteer-based clinics have existed in the United States for decades providing health care to the uninsured and underinsured. These free clinics all share a common dependence on volunteer staff and philanthropic provision of financial and non-finan ...
Reforming Dental Workforce Education and Practice in the USA
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An evaluation of the Pipeline program's impact on dental school seniors' public service plans found that while overall the program lacked significant impact, students' access to loan repayment programs was the most significant predictor of their plans for public service.