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Alternative Models to Preserving Access to Emergency Care

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Explores proposals for maintaining timely access to emergency and other basic healthcare services in rural communities that may not be able to support a full-service hospital, including frontier extended stay clinics and free-standing emergency departments. Identifies models of care and various ideologies for the Secretary and the Department of Health and Human Services to consider when evaluating policy options.
Date
07/2016
Type
Document
Organization
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Tagged as
Access · Emergency department and urgent care services · Emergency medical services · Hospitals · Policy · Service delivery models

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  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, view details