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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827498103321

Titolo

America's health care safety net [[electronic resource] ] : intact but endangered / / Committee on the Changing Market, Managed Care, and the Future Viability of Safety Net Providers ; Marion Ein Lewin and Stuart Altman, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Institute of Medicine, : National Academy Press, c2000

ISBN

0-309-17285-3

0-309-50449-X

0-585-31744-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LewinMarion Ein

AltmanStuart H

Disciplina

362.1/0973

Soggetti

Medical assistance - United States

Medical care - Needs assessment - United States

Medically uninsured persons - United States

Poor - Medical care - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""TABLES, FIGURES, AND BOXES""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Background and Overview""; ""2 The Core Safety Net and the Safety Net System""; ""3 Forces Affecting Safety Net Providers in a Changing Health Care Environment""; ""4 How Safety Net Providers Are Adapting to the New Environment""; ""5 The Impact of Change on Vulnerable Populations""; ""6 Safety Net Populations with Special Health and Access Needs""; ""7 Findings and Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Committee Biographies""

""B Workshop Agenda""""C Workshop Participants""; ""D California Regional Meeting Agenda""; ""E California Regional Meeting Participants""; ""F New York Regional Meeting Agenda""; ""G New York Regional Meeting Participants""; ""H Rural Conference Call Participants""; ""I Acronyms""; ""Index""