Evaluation of Community Voices Miami
Subtitle: Affecting Health Policy for the Uninsured
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: November 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780833036841
Subjects: Health systems & services; Politics/International Relations; Medical / Nursing; General; Political Science; Florida; Medical policy; Health Care Delivery; Political Science / General; Government - State & Provincial; Community Voices Miami (Projec; Community health services; Medically uninsured persons; Miami
First sentence: Health care for the uninsured continues to be a national policy problem, with recent estimates indicating that over 43 million non-elderly Americans-17 percent of the total non-elderly population-lack health insurance coverage.
Description: An evaluation of Community Voices Miami (CVM), a project aimed at enhancing health care access and quality for the underserved in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The report concludes that CVM affected intermediate outcomes--raising awareness of issues, getting safety-net providers to collaborate, nurturing neighborhood-based solutions, and advocating for establishment of an independent health care planning body; but measurement of ultimate outcomes--access to health care--remains for future study.