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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817564003321

Titolo

Health insurance is a family matter / / Committee on the Consequences of Unisurance, Board of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2002

ISBN

0-309-16905-4

1-280-18326-8

9786610183265

0-309-52971-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

368.38/2/00973

Soggetti

Health insurance - United States

Families - Medical care

National health services - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-278).

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 A Family Matter -- 2 Insurance Coverage of Families -- 3 Insurance Transitions over the Family Life Cycle -- 4 Financial Characteristics and Behavior of Uninsured Families -- 5 Family Well-Being and Health Insurance Coverage -- 6 Health-Related Outcomes for Children, Pregnant Women, and Newborns -- 7 Conclusions -- Appendixes -- A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Consequences of Uninsurance for Families -- B Overview of Public Health Insurance Programs -- C Research Review: Health Care Access, Utilization, and Outcomes for Children, Pregnant Women, and Infants -- D Data Tables -- E Glossary -- F Biographical Sketches -- References.