Physicians

About two-thirds of all physicians provide some charity care to patients, but the proportion has declined in recent years. HSC research has tracked the provision of charity care and physicians' role in the health care safety net since 1995-96.

Title	Date	Document Info
Improving Health Care Access for Low-Income People: Lessons from Ascension Health's Community CollaborativesLaurie E. Felland, Paul B. Ginsburg, Gretchen Kishbauch	July 2011	Journal Article Health Affairs
Do Reimbursement Delays Discourage Medicaid Participation by Physicians?Peter J. Cunningham, Ann S. O'Malley	Nov. 18, 2008	Journal Article Health Affairs
Physician Consideration of Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs in Making Common Clinical DecisionsHoangmai H. Pham, G. Caleb Alexander, Ann S. O'Malley	April 9, 2007	Journal Article Archives of Internal Medicine
Revising Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule—Much Activity, Little ChangePaul B. Ginsburg, Robert A. Berenson	March 22, 2007	Perspective New England Journal of Medicine
Availability of Safety Net Providers and Access to Care of Uninsured PersonsJack Hadley, Peter J. Cunningham	October 2004	Journal Article Health Services Research
Changes in Medicaid Physician Fees, 1998-2003: Implications For Physician ParticipationStephen Zuckerman, Joshua McFeeters, Peter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols	June 23, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Contribution of Insurance Coverage and Community Resources to Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to CareJ. Lee Hargraves, Jack Hadley	June 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research,
The Resilience of the Health Care Safety Net, 1996-2001Laurie E. Felland, Cara S. Lesser, Andrea Staiti, Aaron Katz, Patricia Lichiello	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research