Mobile Medical Clinics in the United States Post-Affordable Care Act: An Integrative Review.

ABSTRACT: Despite changes brought about by the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of individuals are still unable to access health care in the United States. Mobile medical clinics have been an invisible force of care delivery for vulnerable and marginalized populations for decades; however, little is known about their impact post-ACA. Guided by the Anderson Behavioral Model, the purpose of this article was to review and critique the state of the current literature about mobile medical clinics in the United States since 2010. Following Whittemore and Knafl's integrative review methodology, the search was conducted in 6 databases and delivered 1934 results; 341 articles were removed as duplicates. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelin

SUBMITTER: Coaston A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10772318 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature