Ensuring Access to Quality Health Care in Vulnerable Communities

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Highlights the health characteristics and conditions of vulnerable populations in rural and urban communities, and the essential healthcare services as identified by the American Hospital Association Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities. Discusses several strategies recommended by the task force to address social determinants of health, enhance virtual care services to reform healthcare delivery and payment methods, and support hospitals in their efforts to provide the needed health services.

Jay Bhatt, Priya Bathija

Academic Medicine, 93(9), 1271-1275

09/2018

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Access · Health disparities · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Reimbursement and payment models · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data