Back to Search
Start Over
Limits to the safety net: teaching hospital faculty report on their patients' access to care
- Source :
- Health affairs (Project Hope). 22(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2003
-
Abstract
- Many major teaching hospitals might not be able to offer adequate access to specialty care for uninsured patients. This study found that medical school faculty were more likely to have difficulty obtaining specialty services for uninsured than for privately insured patients. These gaps in access were similar in magnitude for public and private institutions. Initial treatment of uninsured patients at academic health centers (AHCs) does not guarantee access to specialty and other referral services, which suggests that there are limits to relying on a health care safety net for uninsured patients. AHCs and affiliated group practices should examine policies that limit access for uninsured patients.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Faculty, Medical
Referral
Attitude of Health Personnel
Safety net
Specialty
Hospital Departments
Group practices
Health Services Accessibility
Insurance Coverage
Teaching hospital
medicine
Initial treatment
Humans
Health care safety
Referral and Consultation
Academic Medical Centers
Medically Uninsured
business.industry
Health Policy
Medical school
United States
Family medicine
Health Care Surveys
Medicine
Female
business
Institutional Practice
Specialization
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02782715
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Health affairs (Project Hope)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8447503154a4e23891daf4e35f37225a