Online Resource Center

Listed below are a number of Web sites addressing advocacy efforts and programs for the uninsured and the underserved. Also included are links to monographs and studies that highlight the issue.

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Web Links

• Advocacy Links from the Catholic Health Association of the United States



• Advocacy Links from the American Hospital Association



• Cover the Uninsured Week



• Campaign for Children's Health Care



• A Commitment to Caring: The Role of Catholic Hospitals in the Health Care Safety Net



• United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration



• Monographs
  • Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans and the Application of Ascension Health's 5 Steps to 100% Access - An Ascension Health Monograph (2005),
  
  
  
  • SETON Healthcare Network's Application of Ascension Health's - 5 Steps to 100% ACCESS© — An Ascension Health Monograph
    (October 2004)
  
  
  
  • Falling Through the Net: Access to Health Care for the Uninsured — An Ascension Health Monograph (November 2001)
  
  
  
  • Health Status and Needs of the Poor: Policy Update — An Ascension Health Advocacy Environmental Assessment by Sara Rosenbaum (September 2001)
  
  
  
  • The Healthcare Safety Net for the Poor — An Ascension Health Monograph (2000)
  
  
  

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