Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net Vol. 3 : A Data Book for Metropolitan Areas

In 2000, a report was issued describing the health care safety net in the U.S. as intact but endangered.Ó In particular, the report emphasized the precarious financial situation of many institutions that provide care to Medicaid, uninsured, & other vulnerable patients; the changing financial, economic, & social environment in which these institutions operate; & the highly localized, patchworkÓ structure of the safety net. In response, the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality & the Health Resources & Services Admin. have led a joint safety net monitoring initiative. This vol., the first of 3, presents data from 30 States & the Dist. of Columbia, including 354 counties & 171 cities in 90 metropolitan areas. Extensive charts & tables.Billings, John is the author of 'Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net Vol. 3 : A Data Book for Metropolitan Areas', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422306482 and ISBN 1422306488.