Care Without Coverage
Care Without Coverage

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2002-06-20

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0309083435

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Many Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really need. Care Without Coverage examines the real consequences for adults who lack health insurance. The study presents findings in the areas of prevention and screening, cancer, chronic illness, hospital-based care, and general health status. The committee looked at the consequences of being uninsured for people suffering from cancer, diabetes, HIV infection and AIDS, heart and kidney disease, mental illness, traumatic injuries, and heart attacks. It focused on the roughly 30 million-one in seven-working-age Americans without health insurance. This group does not include the population over 65 that is covered by Medicare or the nearly 10 million children who are uninsured in this country. The main findings of the report are that working-age Americans without health insurance are more likely to receive too little medical care and receive it too late; be sicker and die sooner; and receive poorer care when they are in the hospital, even for acute situations like a motor vehicle crash.

A Profile of U. S. Comprehensive Health Planning Areas
A Profile of U. S. Comprehensive Health Planning Areas

Author: Jeannette Fitzwilliams

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-20

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9780666948687

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Excerpt from A Profile of U. S. Comprehensive Health Planning Areas: Supplemental Data; Characteristics and Country Composition of Chp Areas, Regions VII and VIII The data for land area, total population, total money income, births, and all occupied housing units are shown in number of units. Urbanized area, rural, and minority populations, those aged 20-64, and those under the poverty level are expressed as a percent of total population. The young and the old are shown relative to those between the ages of 20-64. Infant deaths are per births. Other housing variables are shown as a percent of all housing units. In order to get all this information on one page, terminal digits for some data were dropped; the reader should note the units line under the headings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Profile of U. S. Comprehensive Health Planning Areas
A Profile of U. S. Comprehensive Health Planning Areas

Author: Jeannette Fitzwilliams

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-20

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9780365068891

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Excerpt from A Profile of U. S. Comprehensive Health Planning Areas: Supplemental Data: Characteristics and County Composition of Chp Areas; Regions Vi, IX, and X Births are the average annual number of live births for the county or area for the years 1966 - 68. The death rate (shown with on the table) is the number of infant deaths under 1 year of age per live births. The infant death rate shown in the profile is per births. To make the two rates comparable, move the decimal point in the supple ment table one place to the left. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.