The Nursing Center in Concept and Practice: Delivery and Financing Issues in Serving Vulnerable People

Authors

Karen Matherlee, George Washington University

Document Type

Issue Brief

Publication Date

9-13-1999

Abstract

This issue brief looks at ways in which nurse-managed centers — with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration and private foundations — are carving a role in providing preventive and primary care to vulnerable populations. Two case studies — one in Philadelphia and the other in the Utah-Nevada border area — llustrate nursing centers' mission, outreach, services, workforce, payment concerns, and educational tie-ins.

Comments

Issue brief no. 746

Recommended Citation

Matherlee, Karen, "The Nursing Center in Concept and Practice: Delivery and Financing Issues in Serving Vulnerable People" (1999). National Health Policy Forum. Paper 23.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/sphhs_centers_nhpf/23

Open Access

yes