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01-04-2020 | Care | Editorial

The Healthcare Safety-Net: Time for Greater Transparency and Accountability?

Author: Michael Hochman, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 4/2020

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Due to resource limitations and an ever-growing population of vulnerable patients, policy makers frequently worry about the quality of care within safety-net health systems. The results of an analysis by Oronce and Fortuna¹ in this month’s issue of JGIM may provide at least some reassurance. …

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Title: The Healthcare Safety-Net: Time for Greater Transparency and Accountability?
Author: Michael Hochman, MD, MPH
Publication date: 01-04-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: Care
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05667-8

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