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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455981203321

Titolo

Care without coverage [[electronic resource] ] : too little, too late / / Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2002

ISBN

1-280-18444-2

9786610184446

0-309-50803-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Collana

Insuring health

Disciplina

362.1/042/0973

Soggetti

Medically uninsured persons - Medical care - United States

Health services accessibility - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-193).

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Mechanisms and Methods: Looking At the Impact of Health Insurance on Health""; ""3 Effects of Health Insurance on Health""; ""4 The Difference Coverage Could Make to the Health of Uninsured Adults""; ""A A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Consequences of Uninsurance: A Cascade of Effects""; ""B Primary Research Literature Review""; ""C Glossary and Acronyms""; ""D Estimates of Excess Mortality Among Uninsured Adults""; ""E Biographical Sketches""

""References""