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Safety-Net Centers Look to Attract Wealthier Patients
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Orange County Business Journal
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August 25, 2008
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HEALTHCARE
A report from the Center for Studying Health System Change finds that "safety-net providers"-hospitals, health centers and clinics that provide care for the poor-are trying to improve their financial performance by attracting insured and wealthy patients.
Orange County comes up several times in the report. The county is one of 12 communities that the center, a Washington. D.C.-based nonprofit founded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, studies.
The report looked at how safety-net hospitals, health centers and free clinics are affected by a growing trend among private doctors and hospitals ...