Physicians

About two-thirds of all physicians provide some charity care to patients, but the proportion has declined in recent years. HSC research has tracked the provision of charity care and physicians' role in the health care safety net since 1995-96.

Title	Date	Document Info
Little Rock Providers Vie for Revenues, as High Health Care Costs ContinueAaron Katz, Joy M. Grossman, Robert E. Hurley, Jessica H. May, Len M. Nichols, Bradley C. Strunk	July 2005	Community Report No. 3
Behind the Times: Physician Income, 1995-99Marie C. Reed, Paul B. Ginsburg	March 2003	Data Bulletin No. 24
General Hospitals, Specialty Hospitals and Financially Vulnerable PatientsAnn Tynan, Elizabeth A. November, Johanna Lauer, Hoangmai H. Pham, Peter Cram	April 2009	HSC Research Brief No. 11
Suburban Poverty and the Health Care Safety NetLaurie E. Felland, Johanna Lauer, Peter J. Cunningham	July 2009	HSC Research Brief No. 13
The Economic Recession: Early Impacts on Health Care Safety Net ProvidersLaurie E. Felland, Peter J. Cunningham, Genna R. Cohen, Elizabeth A. November, Brian C. Quinn	January 2010	HSC Research Brief No. 15
A Long and Winding Road: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Community Variation and Prospects Under ReformAaron Katz, Laurie E. Felland, Ian Hill, Lucy B. Stark	November 2011	HSC Research Brief No. 21
Stretching the Safety Net to Serve Undocumented Immigrants: Community Responses to Health NeedsAndrea Staiti, Robert E. Hurley, Aaron Katz	February 2006	Issue Brief No. 104
Physicians Pulling Back from Charity CareMarie C. Reed, Peter J. Cunningham, Jeffrey Stoddard	August 2001	Issue Brief No. 42
Health Care Access For Low-Income People: Significant Safety Net Gaps RemainLaurie E. Felland, Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Megan McHugh	June 2004	Issue Brief No. 84
Most Uninsured People Unaware of Health Care Safety Net ProvidersJessica H. May, Peter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley	November 2004	Issue Brief No. 90
Physician Consideration of Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs in Making Common Clinical DecisionsHoangmai H. Pham, G. Caleb Alexander, Ann S. O'Malley	April 9, 2007	Journal Article Archives of Internal Medicine
Improving Health Care Access for Low-Income People: Lessons from Ascension Health's Community CollaborativesLaurie E. Felland, Paul B. Ginsburg, Gretchen Kishbauch	July 2011	Journal Article Health Affairs
Changes in Medicaid Physician Fees, 1998-2003: Implications For Physician ParticipationStephen Zuckerman, Joshua McFeeters, Peter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols	June 23, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Do Reimbursement Delays Discourage Medicaid Participation by Physicians?Peter J. Cunningham, Ann S. O'Malley	Nov. 18, 2008	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Resilience of the Health Care Safety Net, 1996-2001Laurie E. Felland, Cara S. Lesser, Andrea Staiti, Aaron Katz, Patricia Lichiello	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
Availability of Safety Net Providers and Access to Care of Uninsured PersonsJack Hadley, Peter J. Cunningham	October 2004	Journal Article Health Services Research
The Contribution of Insurance Coverage and Community Resources to Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to CareJ. Lee Hargraves, Jack Hadley	June 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research,
Revising Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule—Much Activity, Little ChangePaul B. Ginsburg, Robert A. Berenson	March 22, 2007	Perspective New England Journal of Medicine
A Growing Hole in the Safety Net: Physician Charity Care Declines AgainPeter J. Cunningham, Jessica H. May	March 2006	Tracking Report No. 13
Medicaid Patients Increasingly Concentrated Among PhysiciansPeter J. Cunningham, Jessica H. May	August 2006	Tracking Report No. 16