| Literature DB >> 26548665 |
Raven E Ross, Lauren D Garfield, Derek S Brown, Ramesh Raghavan.
Abstract
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations report poor physical and mental health outcomes while tribal health providers and the Indian Health Service (IHS) operate in a climate of significant under funding. Understanding how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) affects Native American tribes and the IHS is critical to addressing the improvement of the overall access, quality, and cost of health care within AI/AN communities. This paper summarizes the ACA provisions that directly and/or indirectly affect the service delivery of health care provided by tribes and the IHS.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26548665 PMCID: PMC4824684 DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0129
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Health Care Poor Underserved ISSN: 1049-2089