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International Journal of Community & Family Medicine Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJCFM-102, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2016/102
Research Article
Is the Safety Net Leaking?: Measuring Changes in Quality of Care and Healthcare Utilization for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus before and after Implementation of Cost-Sharing at a Public Hospital

Deanna R. Willis1*,Yilun Wang2, Jingwei Wu3, Stephen Walston4, Roberta Ambuehl5 and Alan J. Zillich6

1Department of Family Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
2Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
4Department of Health Administration and Policy, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indianapolis, Indiana
6Center of Excellence for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices, Roudebush VA Medical Center and Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University College of Pharmacy, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Dr. Deanna R. Willis, Department of Family Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1110 W Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; E-mail: drwillis@iupui.edu
02 January 2016; 08 March 2016; 10 March 2016
Willis RD, Wang Y, Wu J, Walston S, Ambuehl R, et al. (2016) Is the Safety Net Leaking?: Measuring Changes in Quality of Care and Healthcare Utilization for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus before and after Implementation of Cost-Sharing at a Public Hospital. Int J Community Fam Med 1: 102. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2016/102
This study was funded by a Clarian Values Fund Grant, Clarian Health Partners, Indianapolis, IN [now Indiana University Health]. A portion of Dr. Zillich’s time was supported by a Career Development award from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development (RCD 06-304-1).
© 2016 Willis et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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