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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.
February 6, 2009 | Program Result Report
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.
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 ...
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.
September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
In 2000, researchers from the Lewin Group conducted a study of care management programs for uninsured and vulnerable populations.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
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.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
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).
August 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
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.
November 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
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.
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.