Providing for the Health Care Needs of Native Americans: Policy, Programs, Procedures, and Practices.

Pfefferbaum, Rose L.; Pfefferbaum, Betty; Rhoades, Everett R.; Strickland, Rennard J.

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ERIC Number: EJ582487

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Providing for the Health Care Needs of Native Americans: Policy, Programs, Procedures, and Practices.

Pfefferbaum, Rose L.; Pfefferbaum, Betty; Rhoades, Everett R.; Strickland, Rennard J.

American Indian Law Review, v21 n2 p211-58 1997

Explores the operation of the Indian health care system, considering five major areas: the prevailing climate and Indian health indicators; federal government responsibility for care; Indian Health Service structures, capacity, and delivery; Indian Health Service resource allocation process; and health care access, eligibility, and rationing. Contains references and a glossary. (SV)

Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Delivery Systems, Eligibility, Federal Indian Relationship, Health Needs, Health Services, Resource Allocation, Trust Responsibility (Government)

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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