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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825663803321

Titolo

A shared destiny : community effects of uninsurance / / Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-309-16857-0

1-280-18015-3

9786610180158

0-309-50542-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Insuring health A shared destiny

Disciplina

362.1/0425

Soggetti

Medically uninsured persons - United States

Health insurance - United States

Medical care - 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.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context for Community Effects: Uninsurance and the Financing and Delivery of Health Services -- 3 Community Effects on Access to Care -- 4 Economic and Social Implications of Uninsurance Within Communities -- 5 Community Health and Uninsurance -- 6 Summary: Conclusions and Research Agenda -- A Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Consequences of Uninsurance for Communities -- B Geographic Differences in Uninsured Rates -- C Data Tables -- D Commissioned Papers -- E Glossary -- F Biographical Sketches -- References.