Hidden costs, value lost
Subtitle: uninsurance in America
By: Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance.
Series: Insuring health
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Medically uninsured persons -- United States; Insurance, Health -- United States; Medical care, Cost of -- United States; Medically Uninsured; Health Expenditures; Insurance, Health
Description: This book consolidates and builds on previous Committee work in order to develop estimates of the costs to our society of tolerating a large and shifting population who lack health insurance--more than 41 million in any single year. It takes the broadest societal view of the economic and social costs that our nation incurs as a result of our current health care financing policies--approaches that leaves tens of millions without coverage at any point in time and most adults under age 65 at risk over time of losing their coverage.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196).

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