title: Looking for volunteers. With the number of uninsured on the rise, the proportion of physicians willing to provide free care is on the decline.
abstract: Even as the number of the uninsured has grown to 46 million, the percentage of doctors providing free care has dropped by 8 points since 1996-97. The increasing pressures on physicians are cited as among the reasons. "It's got to do with a lot of things going on with their practices--insurance costs, the reimbursement rate, high overhead", says Linda Kinney, left, of Project Access.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002608:Charities; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000639:trends; D013038:Specialization; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D014838:Volunteers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000078329:Workforce