Abstract
America is in the midst of a health care crisis, and access to health care is a significant problem. As this crisis has escalated with little response from the federal government, state governments have begun to respond. For example, Kansas enacted a law in 1991 (HB 2019) to provide funding for primary care services for the medically indigent. Health Care Access (HCA), a community based volunteer clinic in Douglas County, KS, received this state funding and the services they provided increased dramatically. Little research has been done to assess the impact of organizations, such as HCA, on access to care. The purpose of this research study was to determine whether this state funding policy influenced access to health care for the medically indigent in Douglas County, KS. This quantitative descriptive study was guided by the Aday, Anderson and Fleming (1980) Access Framework. A descriptive design was used to gather information on the characteristics of the health care system and the medically indigent in Douglas County, KS.
Sigma Membership
Epsilon Gamma at-Large
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Mixed/Multi Method Research
Keywords:
Health Care Access, Uninsured Patients, Community Clinics
Advisor
Nancy Brown
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of Colorado Health Services Center
Degree Year
1996
Recommended Citation
Smith-Campbell, Betty, "Access: Effects of a state-funded policy in one community" (2019). Dissertations. 933.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/933
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-04-04
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9710298; ProQuest document ID: 304365098. The author still retains copyright.