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A shared destiny : community effects of uninsurance / Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine.
Van Pelt Library RA413.7.U53 I584 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medically uninsured persons--United States.
- Medically uninsured persons.
- United States.
- Health insurance--United States.
- Health insurance.
- Medical care--United States.
- Medical care.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 275 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Insuring health
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- A Systems Approach to the Problems of Uninsurance 17
- Definition of "Community" 19
- Conceptualizing Community Effects of Uninsurance 20
- Methods 25
- Working Hypotheses About Community Effects 26
- 2 Context for Community Effects: Uninsurance and the Financing and Delivery of Health Services 34
- Historical and Organizational Context of Health Care for Uninsured Americans 35
- Safety Net Services, Providers of Last Resort, and Mainstream Health Care 42
- Who Pays for Care for Uninsured Persons? 53
- 3 Community Effects on Access to Care 82
- Access to Care 83
- Primary Care 86
- Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care 92
- Specialty Care 99
- Hospital-Based Care 101
- 4 Economic and Social Implications of Uninsurance Within Communities 120
- The Context: Increasing Health Care Costs and Taxpayer Support 121
- Budget Implications for States and Localities 123
- Economic Base and the Potential for Development 129
- Social Consequences of Uninsurance: First Thoughts 132
- 5 Community Health and Uninsurance 138
- Geographic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Health 140
- Public Health and Community Uninsurance 143
- 6 Summary: Conclusions and Research Agenda 164
- A Research Agenda for Community Effects 165
- A Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Consequences of Uninsurance for Communities 175
- B Geographic Differences in Uninsured Rates 180
- The Impact of Uninsured Populations on the Availability of Hospital Services and Financial Status of Hospitals in Urban Areas / Darrell J. Gaskin, Jack Needleman 205
- The Impact of Uninsured Discharges on the Availability of Hospital Services and Hospital Margins in Rural Areas / Jack Needleman, Darrell. J. Gaskin 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-275).
- ISBN:
- 0309087260
- OCLC:
- 52543099
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