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Process and impact evaluation of a legal assistance and health care community partnership.
- Source :
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Health promotion practice [Health Promot Pract] 2009 Jul; Vol. 10 (3), pp. 378-85. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Apr 11. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Community health partnerships have increased in popularity, but their effectiveness is often not evaluated. Through secondary data analysis, this study evaluates a program that offered access to legal services to address health-related issues, such as Medicaid reimbursement, Social Security benefits, medication coverage, and divorce. Based on the analysis reimbursements to expenditures, the health and law program appears to be cost-effective and thereby economically sustainable. The cost-effectiveness of this program increases the likelihood that it will be institutionalized and/or expanded. This program evaluation is used to exemplify how community stakeholders could partner to leverage resources to establish a sustainable community health and law program to address the needs of people living in medically underserved areas.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Divorce
Female
Health Promotion organization & administration
Humans
Illinois
Male
Medicaid statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Organizations, Nonprofit
Pilot Projects
Poverty
Reimbursement Mechanisms
Rural Health Services
Rural Population
Social Security statistics & numerical data
United States
Universities
Community Health Services methods
Community Health Services organization & administration
Community-Institutional Relations
Health Promotion methods
Health Services Accessibility organization & administration
Public Assistance organization & administration
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1524-8399
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Health promotion practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18408120
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839907312702