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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456221503321

Titolo

Hidden costs, value lost [[electronic resource] ] : uninsurance in America / / Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

1-280-17974-0

9786610179749

0-309-51139-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Insuring health

Disciplina

368.38200973

Soggetti

Medically uninsured persons - United States

Health insurance - United States

Medical care, Cost of - 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. 181-196).

Nota di contenuto

""Front matter""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Costs, Benefits, and Value: Context, Concepts, and Approach""; ""3 Spending on Health Care for Uninsured Americans: How Much, and Who Pays?""; ""4 Other Costs Associated with Uninsurance--Organization of Chapter""; ""4 Other Costs Associated with Uninsurance""; ""5 The Cost of the Additional Care That the Uninsured Would Use If They Had Insurance Coverage""; ""6 Social and Economic Costs of Uninsurance in Context""; ""A Glossary""; ""B Coverage Does Matter: The Value of Health Forgone by the Uninsured""

""C Biographical Sketches""""References""