Using a variety of data sources, this paper examines health care utilization patterns of Healthy San Francisco … enrollees. The findings suggest that the program, designed to increase uninsured people's access to health care, is increasing … access to primary care for participating adults, improving self-reported health status, and altering care-seeking behavior. …

This article examines successful models used by hospital emergency departments, health department outpatient clinics …

important to transforming our inefficient and expensive health care system into a more evidence-based system of effective …

Community health initiatives—locally crafted responses to health care access problems—have been steadfast in their … efforts to connect uninsured and medically indigent people to health care services and health insurance. These programs assist … case studies of community health initiatives that seek to improve access and coverage for those most likely to be uninsured …

This issue brief summarizes findings from a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), on behalf of … the National Institute for Health Care Reform, to evaluate how health care is organized, financed, and delivered in the …