Safety Net Providers

Community health centers, hospitals and physicians all play important roles in the health care safety net by providing care to low-income and/or uninsured people. HSC analyses track how changes in health care markets affect these providers

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
Insured Americans Drive Surge in Emergency Department VisitsPeter J. Cunningham, Jessica H. May	October 2003	Issue Brief No. 70
Most Uninsured People Unaware of Health Care Safety Net ProvidersJessica H. May, Peter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley	November 2004	Issue Brief No. 90
Mounting Pressures: Physicians Serving Medicaid Patients and the Uninsured, 1997-2001Peter J. Cunningham	December 2002	Tracking Report No. 6
Ready or Not: Are Health Care Safety Net Systems Prepared for Reform?Laurie E. Felland, Dori A. Cross	June 2013	CHCF Regional Market Issue Brief
Relief, Restoration and Reform: Economic Upturn Yields Modest and Uneven Health ReturnsRobert E. Hurley, Aaron Katz, Laurie E. Felland	January 2008	Issue Brief No. 117
Safety Net Hospital Emergency Departments: Creating Safety Valves for Non-Urgent CareLaurie E. Felland, Robert E. Hurley, Nicole M. Kemper	May 2008	Issue Brief No. 120
Stretching the Safety Net to Serve Undocumented Immigrants: Community Responses to Health NeedsAndrea Staiti, Robert E. Hurley, Aaron Katz	February 2006	Issue Brief No. 104
Suburban Poverty and the Health Care Safety NetLaurie E. Felland, Johanna Lauer, Peter J. Cunningham	July 2009	HSC Research Brief No. 13
The Community Safety Net and Prescription Drug Access for Low-Income, Uninsured PeopleLaurie E. Felland, Erin Fries Taylor, Anneliese M. Gerland	April 2006	Issue Brief No. 105
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 Economic Recession: Early Impacts on Health Care Safety Net ProvidersLaurie E. Felland, Peter J. Cunningham, Genna R. Cohen, Elizabeth A. November, Brian C. Quinn	January 2010	HSC Research Brief No. 15
The Effects of Medicaid Reimbursement on the Access to Care of Medicaid Enrollees: A Community PerspectivePeter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols	December 2005	Journal Article Medical Care Research and Review
The Health Care Safety Net: What is It, What Good Does It Do, and Will It Still be There When We Need It?Peter J. Cunningham	Fall 2007	Journal Article Harvard Health Policy Review
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
The Struggle to Provide Community-Based Care to Low-Income People with Serious Mental IllnessesPeter J. Cunningham, Kelly L. McKenzie, Erin Fries Taylor	May/June 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
What Accounts for Differences in the Use of Hospital Emergency Departments Across U.S. Communities?Peter J. Cunningham	July 18, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
What Accounts for Differences in Uninsurance Rates Across Communities?Peter J. Cunningham, Paul B. Ginsburg	Spring 2001	Inquiry
Would Safety-Net Expansions Offset Reduced Access Resulting from Lost Insurance Coverage? Race/Ethnicity DifferencesJack Hadley, Peter J. Cunningham, J. Lee Hargraves	November/December 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs