Abstract
This article describes the role states could play in a national effort to measure and monitor the public health safety net. The authors developed a data collection framework using information from five states on two components of the safety net: structure and demand. Because states are the primary vehicle for access expansions and programs to care for the poor, the authors suggest that they be the primary coordinating mechanism for data collection on the safety net. Because the necessary mechanisms for more uniform standards or criteria to evaluate state data collection activities and capacity remain undeveloped, they recommend using existing data to begin building state capacity to measure and monitor the safety net.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 125-135 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Public health reports |
| Volume | 119 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2004 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This project was supported by funding to the lead author from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of ASPE or RWJF.
