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Access to health care in America [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Monitoring Access to Personal Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ; Michael Millman, editor
| Access to health care in America [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Monitoring Access to Personal Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ; Michael Millman, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 229 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 362.1/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MillmanMichael L |
| Soggetto topico |
Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation
Medical care - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-21156-3
9786610211562 0-309-58466-3 0-585-02545-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455127403321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Access to health care in America [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Monitoring Access to Personal Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ; Michael Millman, editor
| Access to health care in America [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Monitoring Access to Personal Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ; Michael Millman, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 229 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 362.1/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MillmanMichael L |
| Soggetto topico |
Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation
Medical care - United States |
| ISBN |
1-280-21156-3
9786610211562 0-309-58466-3 0-585-02545-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778880803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Access to health care in America / / Committee on Monitoring Access to Personal Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ; Michael Millman, editor
| Access to health care in America / / Committee on Monitoring Access to Personal Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ; Michael Millman, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 229 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 362.1/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MillmanMichael L |
| Soggetto topico |
Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation
Medical care - United States |
| ISBN |
9786610211562
9781280211560 1280211563 9780309584661 0309584663 9780585025452 0585025452 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Access to Health Care in America -- Copyright -- Contents -- Summary -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ON THE STATE OF ACCESS -- DEFINING ACCESS -- THE COMMITTEE'S INDICATORS AND PROGRESS TOWARD ACCESS OBJECTIVES -- Objective 1: Promoting Successful Birth Outcomes -- Objective 2: Reducing the Incidence of Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases -- Objective 3: Early Detection and Diagnosis of Treatable Diseases -- Objective 4: Reducing the Effects of Chronic Disease and Prolonging Life -- Objective 5: Reducing Morbidity and Pain through Timely and Appropriate Treatment -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- DEVELOPING A SET OF INDICATORS -- RELATIONSHIP OF ACCESS MONITORING TO OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES -- MAJOR DATA SOURCES: THEIR USES AND LIMITATIONS -- Strengths and Weaknesses -- Vital Statistics -- Surveys -- Hospital Discharge Data -- Tumor Registries -- Reportable Diseases -- Claims Data -- CROSSCUTTING ISSUES -- Race/Ethnicity -- Timeliness -- REFERENCES -- 2 A Model for Monitoring Access -- DEFINING ACCESS -- MEASURING ACCESS -- Indicators -- Utilization Indicators -- Outcome Indicators -- Utilization and Its Relationship to Health Care -- Mediating Factors -- Barriers to Access -- Structural Barriers -- Financial Barriers -- Personal and Cultural Barriers -- The Relationship of Access Barriers to Indicators -- REFERENCES -- 3 Using Indicators to Monitor National Objectives for Health Care -- OBJECTIVE 1: PROMOTING SUCCESSFUL BIRTH OUTCOMES -- Utilization Indicator: Adequacy of Prenatal Care -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Infant Mortality -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Low Birthweight -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Congenital Syphilis -- Measuring the Indicator.
Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- OBJECTIVE 2: REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF VACCINE-PREVENTABLE CHILDHOOD DISEASES -- Utilization Indicator: Preschool Immunization -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Incidence of Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- OBJECTIVE 3: EARLY DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF TREATABLE DISEASES -- Utilization Indicators: Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Procedures -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Incidence of Late-Stage Breast and Cervical Cancers -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- OBJECTIVE 4: REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF CHRONIC DISEASES AND PROLONGING LIFE -- Utilization Indicator: Continuing Care for Chronic Diseases -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Utilization Indicator: Use of High-Cost Discretionary Care -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Avoidable Hospitalization for Chronic Diseases -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Access-Related Excess Mortality -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- OBJECTIVE 5: REDUCING MORBIDITY AND PAIN THROUGH TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT -- Utilization Indicator: Percentage of Healthy Individuals Who Do Not Contact a Physician During an Acute Episode of Illness -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendation -- Utilization Indicator: Dental Services -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Avoidable Hospitalization for Acute Conditions -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendation -- REFERENCES. 4 Future Indicators -- ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES -- FAMILY VIOLENCE -- EMERGENCY SERVICES -- POST-ACUTE-CARE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY -- PRESCRIPTION DRUGS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Recommendations -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Crosscutting Recommendations -- State and Local Monitoring -- The Federal Role -- Racial and Ethnic Differences -- FUTURE STEPS -- Objective 1: Promoting Successful Births -- Indicator: Prenatal Care -- Indicator: Infant Mortality -- Indicator: Low Birthweight -- Indicator: Congenital Syphilis -- Objective 2: Reducing the Incidence of Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases -- Indicator: Preschool Immunization -- Indicator: Incidence of Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases -- Objective 3: Early Detection and Diagnosis of Treatable Diseases -- Indicator: Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Procedures -- Indicator: Incidence of Late-Stage Breast and Cervical Cancers -- Objective 4: Reducing the Effects of Chronic Diseases and Prolonging Life -- Indicator: Continuing Care for Chronic Diseases -- Indicator: High-Cost Discretionary Care -- Indicator: Avoidable Hospitalization for Chronic Diseases -- Indicator: Access-Related Excess Mortality -- Objective 5: Reducing Morbidity and Pain through Timely and Appropriate Treatment -- Indicator: Acute Medical Care -- Indicator: Dental Services -- Indicator: Avoidable Hospitalization for Acute Conditions -- REFERENCE -- APPENDIXES -- A Developing Indicators of Access to Care: The Case for HIV Disease -- ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION AIDS HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM AND EVALUATION -- ISSUES IN ASSESSING ACCESS TO PERSONAL HEALTH CARE -- Financial Barriers -- Insurance Coverage -- Provider Reimbursement Rates -- Investment in Resources for Treating HIV Disease -- Structural Barriers -- Lack of a Primary Source of Care -- Lack of Appropriate Service Providers. Distance from care Providers -- Extended Waiting Times for Providers -- Personal Barriers -- Attitudinal Barriers -- VIABILITY OF DEVELOPING ACCESS INDICATORS FROM EXISTING DATA SETS -- Decreased Mortality Using Case-Finding -- Reduced Mortality Using Medical Management -- Reduced Morbidity and Improved Function -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- B Developing Indicators of Access to Care: Waiting Lists for Drug Abuse Treatment -- METHODS -- THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ON WAITING LISTS -- ''THERE ARE NO REAL WAITING LISTS FOR TREATMENT -- WAITING LISTS UNDERESTIMATE UNMET DEMAND -- SHOULD THERE BE WAITING LISTS? -- EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF WAITING LIST BEHAVIOR -- DISCUSSION -- FINAL COMMENT -- REFERENCES -- C Developing Indicators of Access to Care: The Case for Migrants and the Homeless -- MIGRANT HEALTH STATUS -- HEALTH STATUS OF THE HOMELESS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- D "Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive" Conditions and "Referral-Sensitive" Surgeries -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910960091603321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A call for system-wide change : evaluating the independent assessment of the Veterans Health Administration : hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, Wednesday, October 7, 2015
| A call for system-wide change : evaluating the independent assessment of the Veterans Health Administration : hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, Wednesday, October 7, 2015 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 87 pages) : illustrations |
| Soggetto topico |
Veterans - Medical care - United States - Evaluation
Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Legislative hearings. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Call for system-wide change |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910707726903321 |
| Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Defense health care : TRICARE multiyear surveys indicate problems with access to care for nonenrolled beneficiaries : report to congressional committees
| Defense health care : TRICARE multiyear surveys indicate problems with access to care for nonenrolled beneficiaries : report to congressional committees |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 89 pages) : illustrations |
| Soggetto topico |
Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation
Beneficiaries - United States Managed care plans (Medical care) - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Defense health care |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704619903321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Defense health care [[electronic resource] ] : 2008 access to care surveys indicate some problems, but beneficiary satisfaction is similar to other health plans : report to congressional committees
| Defense health care [[electronic resource] ] : 2008 access to care surveys indicate some problems, but beneficiary satisfaction is similar to other health plans : report to congressional committees |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 64 pages) : illustrations |
| Soggetto topico |
Soldiers - Medical care - United States
Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation Managed care plans (Medical care) - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Defense health care |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910697180903321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2010] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Defense health care [[electronic resource] ] : access to care for beneficiaries who have not enrolled in TRICARE's managed care option : report to congressional committees
| Defense health care [[electronic resource] ] : access to care for beneficiaries who have not enrolled in TRICARE's managed care option : report to congressional committees |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2006] |
| Descrizione fisica | iii, 65 pages : digital, PDF file |
| Soggetto topico |
Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation
Medical care - Contracting out - United States - Evaluation |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Defense health care |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910695593103321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2006] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Defense health care - more-specific guidance needed for TRICARE's managed care support contractor transitions : report to congressional requesters
| Defense health care - more-specific guidance needed for TRICARE's managed care support contractor transitions : report to congressional requesters |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ii, 38 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation
Beneficiaries - Government policy - United States Veterans - Medical care - United States - Evaluation |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Defense health care - more-specific guidance needed for TRICARE's managed care support contractor transitions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910703608903321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Defense health care, acquisition process for TRICARE's third generation of managed care support contracts : report to the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate
| Defense health care, acquisition process for TRICARE's third generation of managed care support contracts : report to the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ii, 33 pages) : illustrations |
| Soggetto topico |
Managed care plans (Medical care) - Government policy - United States
Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation Medical care - Contracting out - United States - Evaluation |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Defense health care, acquisition process for TRICARE's third generation of managed care support contracts |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910702607903321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Defense health care, more-specific guidance needed for assessing nonenrolled TRICARE beneficiaries' access to care : report to congressional committees
| Defense health care, more-specific guidance needed for assessing nonenrolled TRICARE beneficiaries' access to care : report to congressional committees |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (25 pages) : color illustration |
| Soggetto topico |
Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation
Beneficiaries - Government policy - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Defense health care, more-specific guidance needed for assessing nonenrolled TRICARE beneficiaries' access to care |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910702730503321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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