America's uninsured crisis : consequences for health and health care /

"When policy makers and researchers consider potential solutions to the crisis of uninsurance in the United States, the question of whether health insurance matters to health is often an issue. This question is far more than an academic concern. It is crucial that U.S. health care policy be inf...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Health Insurance Status and Its Consequences
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Colección:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Medically uninsured persons > United States.
Medically uninsured persons.
Insurance, Health > trends
Medically Uninsured
Health Services Accessibility > economics
Personnes non assurées (Assurance-maladie) > États-Unis.
Personnes non assurées (Assurance-maladie)
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
Medically uninsured persons
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Caught in a downward spiral
  • Coverage matters
  • Communities at risk
  • Summary of findings and recommendation
  • Appendix A. Executive summary of the 2004 IOM report "Insuring America's health : principles and recommendations"
  • Appendix B. Statistics on the nonelderly U.S. population without health insurance, 2007
  • Appendix C. State regulations promoting access to individual health insurance policies, 2007
  • Appendix D. Recent studies of the impacts of health insurance for children : summary tables
  • Appendix E. Recent studies of the impacts of health insurance for adults: summary table
  • Appendix F. Committee biographies.

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