Kullgren Jeffrey T, Taylor Erin Fries, McLaughlin Catherine G
College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2005 Aug;16(3):421-30. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2005.0053.
In the absence of broad federal health care reform, interest has grown in local solutions to the problem of providing health care to the uninsured. Community-based donated medical care models have emerged as one alternative. We examine the early experience of a donated care program in southern Maine called CarePartners. Although such programs are often viewed as a short-term solution for those temporarily without health insurance, we find that CarePartners served a different role for many individuals. While clearly a stopgap measure for some enrollees, CarePartners appears to be a longer-term means for getting access to care for most enrollees.
在缺乏广泛的联邦医疗保健改革的情况下，人们对解决未参保者医疗保健问题的地方解决方案的兴趣日益浓厚。基于社区的捐赠医疗模式已成为一种选择。我们研究了缅因州南部一个名为“关爱伙伴”的捐赠护理项目的早期经验。尽管此类项目通常被视为那些暂时没有医疗保险者的短期解决方案，但我们发现“关爱伙伴”对许多人发挥了不同的作用。虽然对一些参保者来说显然是一种权宜之计，但“关爱伙伴”对大多数参保者而言似乎是获得医疗服务的一种长期手段。
