A Shared Destiny: Community Effects of Uninsurance
by By Committee on the Consequences of Uninsur and Committee on Consequences of Uninsurance
Category: Medical , Practice Management & Reimbursement

The use of emergency hospital rooms by uninsured people as one of their only outlets to health care impacts on the resources of the hospital available to the whole community. This is only one of the spillover effects that large uninsured populations can have a community at large. This report investigates the effects that large uninsurance rates have on access to care, discuss the economic and social implications, and explore what uninsurance means for community health as a whole. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)