American Journal of Public Health
Volume 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 196-199

A private-sector preferred provider network model for public health screening of newly resettled refugees (Review)

Geltman P.L.* , Cochran J.
  • a Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Bur. of Communicable Disease Control, MA Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States, Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, MA Department of Public Health, 305 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, United States
  • b Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Bur. of Communicable Disease Control, MA Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Abstract

US law and regulations stipulate a process for the health screening of refugees. The responsibility of caring for refugees resettled in the United States rests, in part, with public health or welfare departments. Massachusetts has met its screening responsibilities through the innovative creation of a network of private preferred providers. We explore the Massachusetts model of public-private collaboration within the context of federal refugee health priorities and current state fiscal restraints affecting public health programs, and demonstrate the model's accomplishments.

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Index Keywords

refugee public health service mass screening Models, Organizational demography Massachusetts human Refugees medical practice Preferred Provider Organizations Contract Services Community Health Centers health program Humans Review social welfare Public Health Administration health care organization health care financing program evaluation private sector government medicaid Cooperative Behavior
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-13144294016&doi=10.2105%2fAJPH.2004.040311&partnerID=40&md5=36181ba1d6beb6900e0e6858b88fbb00
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.040311
ISSN: 00900036
Cited by: 12
Original Language: English