America's Uninsured Crisis:

Consequences for Health and Health Care

Status: Available Now

Size: 236 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2009

PAPERBACK + PDF$51.50

Print	List Price	Your Price

PAPERBACK ISBN-10: 0-309-12789-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-309-12789-9	$44.00	$39.60	Add to Cart

PDF	Your Price
PDF Download [5 MB]	$34.00	Add to Cart
PDF Chapters	$4.30	Select
PDF? What am I buying?

Authors:
Committee on Health Insurance Status and Its Consequences, Institute of Medicine
Authoring Organizations

Description:

Click here to view
and download Podcast(s)

Paste into your Web page:

<!-- Start NAP Book Display -->
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="175" height="250" id="napbookwrapper" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.nap.edu/napbookwrapper.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="flashvars" value="wid=381071911162010021063037&record_id=12511" />
<embed src="http://www.nap.edu/napbookwrapper.swf" quality="high" flashvars="wid=381071911162010021063037&record_id=12511" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="175" height="250" name="napbookwrapper" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>
</object>

Preview

Free Resources

Full Text
Jump to this book's table of contents to begin reading online for free.

Web Search Builder
Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web.

Reference Finder
Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic.

PDF Summary
Download the summary in PDF.

Report In Brief
Download report in brief in PDF.

Podcast
Download the related Podcast for this title.

Reprint Permission
Request permission to license or reprint the book's content through Copyright Clearance Center's Rightslink.

Request Permission to Distribute a PDF

Request Translation Rights

Questions About Rights and Permissions?

Table of Contents
Select a link below to start reading online free!
Front Matter	i-xxii
Summary	1-12	(skim)
1 Introduction	13-24	(skim)
2 Caught in a Downward Spiral	25-48	(skim)
3 Coverage Matters	49-90	(skim)
4 Communities at Risk	91-112	(skim)
5 Summary of Findings and Recommendation	113-118	(skim)
Appendix A: Executive Summary of the 2004 IOM Report "Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations"	119-134	(skim)
Appendix B: Statistics on the Nonelderly U.S. Population Without Health Insurance, 2007	135-138	(skim)
Appendix C: State Regulations Promoting Access to Individual Health Insurance Policies, 2007	139-142	(skim)
Appendix D: Recent Studies of the Impacts of Health Insurance for Children: Summary Tables	143-196	(skim)
Appendix E: Recent Studies of the Impacts of Health Insurance for Adults: Summary Table	197-206	(skim)
Appendix F: Committee Biographies	207-215	(skim)

Description

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 informed with current and valid evidence on the consequences of uninsurance for health care and health outcomes, especially for the 45.7 million individuals without health insurance.
From 2001 to 2004, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued six reports, which concluded that being uninsured was hazardous to people's health and recommended that the nation move quickly to implement a strategy to achieve health insurance coverage for all.
The goal of this book is to inform the health reform policy debate--in 2009--with an up-to-date assessment of the research evidence. This report addresses three key questions:

What are the dynamics driving downward trends in health insurance coverage?
Is being uninsured harmful to the health of children and adults?
Are insured people affected by high rates of uninsurance in their communities?

Authoring Organizations

About the PDF: What am I Buying?

About Our PDFs

This book can be purchased as a computer file. The format of the file is called a "PDF". To open, view and print the file, you must have third party software (e.g. Adobe Reader or XPDF) installed on your computer.

Benefits of Buying a PDF

Instant. Buy it, download it immediately, and start reading.
Convenient. Download it to your laptop and read it whenever, wherever.
Searchable. Search for any word or phrase.

What are my options?

If you want ...	Then ...
... only a portion of the book	... select a PDF Chapter
... a computer file containing the entire book	... buy a PDF
... to read the book immediately and also own a copy for your bookshelf	... buy the bundle
... a copy for your bookshelf	... buy the book

Will my PDF be emailed to me?

No. After buying the PDF, we will email you instructions on how to download the file from our Web site. The PDF file will not be emailed to you.

See our Frequently Asked Questions for more information including:

America's Uninsured Crisis:

Consequences for Health and Health Care

Description

Authoring Organizations

About the PDF: What am I Buying?

Search This Book

SIGN UP FOR...

PODCAST: AMERICA'S UNINSURED CRISIS