title: Special needs of vulnerable and underserved populations: models, existing and proposed, to meet them.
abstract: The rapidly changing environment in the health care industry offers great challenges, especially to those providers who traditionally have cared for vulnerable and underserved populations. These populations have special health care needs resulting from various factors, including race, geography, environment, and lack of access. Some promising existing publicly funded models serve these populations well. Partnerships between these programs and private practitioners would be mutually beneficial to the practices and improve access to care.
authors.affiliation: Jackson Hirds Comprehensive Health Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shirley
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D016304:Hospitals, Private; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States