Organization and Financing of Hospital Care for indigents in South Florida.
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: August 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780833035110
Subjects: Hospital administration & management; Poverty; Medical / Nursing; Health Risk Assessment; Poor; Military; Florida; Medical care; General; Political Science / General; Cost of operation; Hospital care; Hospitals; Medically uninsured persons
First sentence: Over 2 million persons under age 65 in Florida lack health insurance.
Description: Care for the uninsured is a county responsibility in Florida. This report examines the approaches used by three south Florida counties - Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach - to fund care for the indigent and compares their financing mechanisms, types of services provided, patient travel patterns and costs and productivity across hospital ownership and insurance type.