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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778748803321

Titolo

America's children : health insurance and access to care / / Margaret Edmunds and Molly Joel Coye, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : National Academy Press, , 1998

ISBN

0-309-17393-0

0-309-52054-1

0-585-02456-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

EdmundsMargaret

CoyeMolly Joel

Disciplina

362.1/9892/000973

Soggetti

Child health services - United States - Finance

Health services accessibility - United States

Health insurance - United States

Medically uninsured persons - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, and Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction and Overview""; ""2 Health Insurance and Children in America""; ""3 Health Insurance and Access to Care""; ""4 Safety Net Providers""; ""5 Medicaid""; ""6 State and Private Insurance Initiatives""; ""7 Children�s Health Care Needs""; ""A Market-Based Approaches to Insurance Reform""; ""B Information for Accountability""; ""C Public Workshop Agenda and Participants""; ""D Members of the Liaison Panel""; ""E Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Presents an analysis of the relationship between health insurance and access to care. This book addresses questions such as: How is children's health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access to care? And, how should the nation address the health needs of this vulnerable population?