| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 275 pages) : maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Insuring health
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Insuring health.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-275). |
| Contents |
A Systems Approach to the Problems of Uninsurance -- Definition of "Community" -- Conceptualizing Community Effects of Uninsurance -- Methods -- Working Hypotheses About Community Effects -- Context for Community Effects: Uninsurance and the Financing and Delivery of Health Services -- Historical and Organizational Context of Health Care for Uninsured Americans -- Safety Net Services, Providers of Last Resort, and Mainstream Health Care -- Who Pays for Care for Uninsured Persons? -- Community Effects on Access to Care -- Access to Care -- Primary Care -- Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care -- Specialty Care -- Hospital-Based Care -- Economic and Social Implications of Uninsurance Within Communities -- The Context: Increasing Health Care Costs and Taxpayer Support -- Budget Implications for States and Localities -- Economic Base and the Potential for Development -- Social Consequences of Uninsurance: First Thoughts -- Community Health and Uninsurance -- Geographic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Health -- Public Health and Community Uninsurance -- Summary: Conclusions and Research Agenda -- A Research Agenda for Community Effects -- Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Consequences of Uninsurance for Communities -- Geographic Differences in Uninsured Rates -- The Impact of Uninsured Populations on the Availability of Hospital Services and Financial Status of Hospitals in Urban Areas. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medically uninsured persons -- United States.
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Medically uninsured persons. |
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United States. |
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Health insurance -- United States.
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Health insurance. |
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Medical care -- United States.
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Medical care. |
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Community Health Services -- economics. |
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Medically Uninsured. |
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Health Services Accessibility -- economics. |
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Insurance, Health -- economics. |
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Socioeconomic Factors. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Medical care. |
| Cover Title |
Insuring health |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance. Shared destiny. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003 0309087260 (OCoLC)52543099 |
| ISBN |
0309505429 (electronic book) |
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9780309505420 (electronic book) |
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0309087260 (paperback) |
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9780309087261 (paperback) |
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