A private-sector preferred provider network model for public health screening of newly resettled refugees.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Community Health Centers
- Contract Services
- Mass Screening
- Preferred Provider Organizations
- Public Health Administration
- Refugees