These hidden costs include inability to quickly access care due to distance, lack of an interstate transportation system, lack of a personal automobile, lack of ...

The demand for services results in long waitlists with long wait times. Most free clinics rely on volunteer providers and staff due to limited financial ...

Most Who Seek Medical Care at Free Clinics Have Jobs – Or Are Caretakers. It is a misconception that free clinic patients are unemployed or “seeking hand outs,” ...

5 сент. 2022 г. · Local hospital systems support the free clinic with monetary, in-kind and staffing resources, recognizing the value of the low-income uninsured ...

19 февр. 2016 г. · Before joining the free clinic, most patients (37.1%) would not get care, and 30.3% would go to emergency room and urgent care facilities. The ...

26 мар. 2020 г. · Just when more people are seeking help from Johnstown's free medical clinic, the program is facing a staffing crisis.

Free medical clinics play a critical role in improving the health and well-being of underserved communities by providing primary care services to those who ...

There is a possibility of unmet needs for interpreter services, problems of using a family interpreter, and difficulties to ensure the quality of volunteer.

Black clinics face special problems in “getting themselves together.” Black and minority clinics tend to be less oriented towards serving the needs of the ...

12 авг. 2023 г. · Free and charitable clinics are one of the most enduring yet least studied features of the U.S. health care safety net.