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May 25, 2011 | Journal Article
A study measuring the relationship between the adult primary care physician workforce and patient outcomes found that a more concentrated physician workforce was usually associated with better patient outcomes.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Dartmouth and CMS study questions whether increasing physician supply will lead to improved access to care and higher patient satisfaction.
February 1, 1998 | Program Result
Health Careers Center, an affiliate of the Greater New York Hospital Association, developed a program to offset an anticipated shortage of health care workers in New York City in the early 1990s.
January 1, 2007 | Book
The most consistent priority of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been to expand access to medical care for underserved individuals, a disproportionate number of whom live in rural areas. The Foundation has employed a number of approaches to improve health services for people living in rural areas. In this chapter, the award-winning author and frequent Anthology contributor Digby Diehl looks at a program designed to improve access to medical care for people living in some of the nation's most underserved areas?the rural South of the United States.
April 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Dental Assistant Training Program at the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery has provided disadvantaged, minority residents of northern Manhattan with tuition-free training to become qualified dental assistants.
October 1, 2006 | Program Result
In 1998, Freedom from Hunger, a California-based organization that addresses issues of hunger and poor nutrition, began the replication and institutionalization of a program to train lay health advisors in several Southern states.
March 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center provided free health care and dental services to the poor and working poor living in rural Pickens County, Ga.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
The University of Kentucky's Center for Rural Health established an on-call community assistance program that provides direct services and local training in two dozen counties that were working on recruitment and retention issues.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
The Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, State of Minnesota Department of Health, worked to improve both needs assessment and support services for recruitment and retention in the state's rural areas.
April 1, 2008 | Program Result
The Interfaith Health & Hope Coalition collaborated with the Detroit Wayne County Health Authority to improve access to health care for the uninsured and the underinsured in Metropolitan Detroit.