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Care Without Coverage

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309083435
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Care Without Coverage written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-06-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Medical Care for the Uninsured

Author : Donna Raskin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1436231132
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Medical Care for the Uninsured written by Donna Raskin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when healthcare costs are skyrocketing, approximately 47 million Americans are without medical insurance. Setting aside the debate over healthcare in the U.S., this guide explores the best options for those without insurance. Readers will find information on state and federal resources for the uninsured, choosing a hospital, saving on prescription medications, and when to use the emergency room and when to use a clinic. *?According to The New York Times, "more than 1?3 of the uninsured-17 million of the nearly 47 million-have family incomes of $40,000 or more" ?According to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the uninsured, there were 6.6 million uninsured people in high-income homes in 2001, and that number has now increased

The Complete Idiot's Concise Guide to Medical Care for the Uninsured

Author : Donna Raskin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110146335X
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Concise Guide to Medical Care for the Uninsured written by Donna Raskin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're one of millions who don't want your health to suffer just because you don't have medical insurance. But when it's hard to find affordable healthcare, you're tempted to forgo check-ups and skip medication. Explore your options instead. Use this helpful guide to put together your own health plan that works with your budget. In it you get: *Idiot-proof advice on getting your medical records in order. *Healthcare options for women and people over 50. *Advice on when to use the emergency room and when to use a clinic.

Finding What Works in Health Care

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309164257
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Finding What Works in Health Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of the evidence. Systematic reviews identify, select, assess, and synthesize the findings of similar but separate studies, and can help clarify what is known and not known about the potential benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and other healthcare services. Systematic reviews can be helpful for clinicians who want to integrate research findings into their daily practices, for patients to make well-informed choices about their own care, for professional medical societies and other organizations that develop clinical practice guidelines. Too often systematic reviews are of uncertain or poor quality. There are no universally accepted standards for developing systematic reviews leading to variability in how conflicts of interest and biases are handled, how evidence is appraised, and the overall scientific rigor of the process. In Finding What Works in Health Care the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends 21 standards for developing high-quality systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research. The standards address the entire systematic review process from the initial steps of formulating the topic and building the review team to producing a detailed final report that synthesizes what the evidence shows and where knowledge gaps remain. Finding What Works in Health Care also proposes a framework for improving the quality of the science underpinning systematic reviews. This book will serve as a vital resource for both sponsors and producers of systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research.

Consumer Guide to Low Cost and No Cost Health Care in Baltimore City

Author : Baltimore HealthCare Access
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Consumer Guide to Low Cost and No Cost Health Care in Baltimore City written by Baltimore HealthCare Access and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coverage Matters

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309076099
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Coverage Matters written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-10-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roughly 40 million Americans have no health insurance, private or public, and the number has grown steadily over the past 25 years. Who are these children, women, and men, and why do they lack coverage for essential health care services? How does the system of insurance coverage in the U.S. operate, and where does it fail? The first of six Institute of Medicine reports that will examine in detail the consequences of having a large uninsured population, Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care, explores the myths and realities of who is uninsured, identifies social, economic, and policy factors that contribute to the situation, and describes the likelihood faced by members of various population groups of being uninsured. It serves as a guide to a broad range of issues related to the lack of insurance coverage in America and provides background data of use to policy makers and health services researchers.

Crossing the Quality Chasm

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309132967
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Crossing the Quality Chasm written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-07-19 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. Yet recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others. In this comprehensive volume the committee offers: A set of performance expectations for the 21st century health care system. A set of 10 new rules to guide patient-clinician relationships. A suggested organizing framework to better align the incentives inherent in payment and accountability with improvements in quality. Key steps to promote evidence-based practice and strengthen clinical information systems. Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.

Best Care at Lower Cost

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309282810
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Best Care at Lower Cost written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual. Best Care at Lower Cost explains that inefficiencies, an overwhelming amount of data, and other economic and quality barriers hinder progress in improving health and threaten the nation's economic stability and global competitiveness. According to this report, the knowledge and tools exist to put the health system on the right course to achieve continuous improvement and better quality care at a lower cost. The costs of the system's current inefficiency underscore the urgent need for a systemwide transformation. About 30 percent of health spending in 2009-roughly $750 billion-was wasted on unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, fraud, and other problems. Moreover, inefficiencies cause needless suffering. By one estimate, roughly 75,000 deaths might have been averted in 2005 if every state had delivered care at the quality level of the best performing state. This report states that the way health care providers currently train, practice, and learn new information cannot keep pace with the flood of research discoveries and technological advances. About 75 million Americans have more than one chronic condition, requiring coordination among multiple specialists and therapies, which can increase the potential for miscommunication, misdiagnosis, potentially conflicting interventions, and dangerous drug interactions. Best Care at Lower Cost emphasizes that a better use of data is a critical element of a continuously improving health system, such as mobile technologies and electronic health records that offer significant potential to capture and share health data better. In order for this to occur, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, IT developers, and standard-setting organizations should ensure that these systems are robust and interoperable. Clinicians and care organizations should fully adopt these technologies, and patients should be encouraged to use tools, such as personal health information portals, to actively engage in their care. This book is a call to action that will guide health care providers; administrators; caregivers; policy makers; health professionals; federal, state, and local government agencies; private and public health organizations; and educational institutions.

Health Insurance is a Family Matter

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309169054
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Health Insurance is a Family Matter written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-09-18 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Insurance is a Family Matter is the third of a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United Sates and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance. The book demonstrates that having one or more uninsured members in a family can have adverse consequences for everyone in the household and that the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of all members of a family may be adversely affected if any family member lacks coverage. It concludes with the finding that uninsured children have worse access to and use fewer health care services than children with insurance, including important preventive services that can have beneficial long-term effects.

Affordable Healthcare in the United States

Author : R. Haring
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781490978208
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (782 download)

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Download or read book Affordable Healthcare in the United States written by R. Haring and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-14 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the cost of healthcare skyrocketing, many Americans are seeking low-cost alternatives. This book is a directory of locations around the nation which may offer free, reduced-price, or sliding-fee services.

The Uninsured's Guide to Affordable Healthcare

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book The Uninsured's Guide to Affordable Healthcare written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

DAC Guidelines and Reference Series Poverty and Health

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264100202
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book DAC Guidelines and Reference Series Poverty and Health written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003-04-08 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on poverty and health, jointly published by the OECD and WHO, sets out the essential components of a broad-scope “pro-poor” health approach for action within the health system and beyond it. It is for development practitioners in the area of health issues.

Health Professions Education

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030913319X
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Health Professions Education written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality is the follow up to that summit, held in June 2002, where 150 participants across disciplines and occupations developed ideas about how to integrate a core set of competencies into health professions education. These core competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership. Educators, administrators, and health professionals can use this book to help achieve an approach to education that better prepares clinicians to meet both the needs of patients and the requirements of a changing health care system.

Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health Care Facilities

Author : AIA Academy of Architecture for Health
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health Care Facilities written by AIA Academy of Architecture for Health and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting the most current thinking about infection control and the environment of care, this new edition also explores functional, space, and equipment requirements for acute care and psychiatric hospitals; nursing, outpatient, and rehabilitation facilities; mobile health care units; and facilities for hospice care, adult day care, and assisted living. [Editor, p. 4 cov.]

Guide to Free Medical Care

Author : David R. Hopfinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963712301
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Guide to Free Medical Care written by David R. Hopfinger and published by . This book was released on 1993-04-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GUIDE TO FREE MEDICAL CARE is a simple, easy to read overview of the billions of dollars worth of free medical services & prescription drugs available to the public today. This timely book is especially welcome during the uncertain period of health care reform on the national & statewide level. This informative book details the free & cost reduced medical programs & guides the user to locate & qualify for this help. There are dozens of state, federal & private programs available nationwide. There is even a special section on Free Prescription Drugs. Among the CHAPTER HEADINGS ARE: Charity Foundations, Poverty Guidelines, Grants, Protecting Your Assets, Prescription Drugs, Medicare, Dental Services, Crime Victims, Foreign Nationals & much more. Bulk purchase discounts of GUIDE TO FREE MEDICAL CARE are available. Libraries 25%, Bookstores (1-49) 40%, (50-99) 45%, (100 up) 49%. Individual books can be purchased for $9.95 each. Order from Publisher/Distributor, Patient Medical Programs by calling 800-289-3560.

The Consumer Information Catalog

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2003

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1260 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2003 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: