Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.