Rural-Urban Differences in Consumer Governance at Community Health Centers
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Community health centers at the crossroads
The provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are expected to increase demand for primary care services across the United States as millions of people gain health insurance through health insurance exchanges and expansion of Medicaid and children’s health insurance programs.1 Many of these newly insured patients will be medically complicated, and the millions of patients without insurance wil...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Rural Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0890-765X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2012.00430.x