UNINSURED PATIENTS RECEIVE UNPREDICTABLE, RATIONED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
August 25, 2008
August 25, 2008
CHICAGO, Aug. 25 -- The University of Illinois at Chicago issued the following news release:
A case study of three health care institutions - public, for-profit and not-for-profit - within one metropolitan area found that self-pay patients must navigate a system that provides no guarantees medical centers will follow their own policies for providing uncompensated care.
The study is published in the August issue of the journal Medical Care.
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A case study of three health care institutions - public, for-profit and not-for-profit - within one metropolitan area found that self-pay patients must navigate a system that provides no guarantees medical centers will follow their own policies for providing uncompensated care.
The study is published in the August issue of the journal Medical Care.
"We kn . . .