A REVIEW OF DATA ON THE HEALTH SECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 2001

This report presents data on the state of U.S. health care in early 2001. It provides information on the numbers of uninsured and underinsured and their difficulties in obtaining health care; the increasing costs of care; and medical, social, and economic inequalities. Data are presented on the stat...

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Published in:International journal of health services 2001-01, Vol.31 (4), p.823-846
Main Author: Hellander, Ida
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Delivery of Health Care - standards
Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Drug Industry - standards
Ethics
Fraud
Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data
Health Maintenance Organizations - standards
Health services
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
Hospital Administration - standards
Human Rights
Humans
Medically Uninsured - statistics & numerical data
Medicare
Politics
Private Sector - standards
Public Opinion
Socioeconomic Factors
The State of the U.S. Health Sector
United States
USA
Western World
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Summary:This report presents data on the state of U.S. health care in early 2001. It provides information on the numbers of uninsured and underinsured and their difficulties in obtaining health care; the increasing costs of care; and medical, social, and economic inequalities. Data are presented on the state of the nations' health maintenance organizations (including Medicare HMOs), pharmaceutical industry, and hospital industry, and on the role of these industries' money in U.S. politics. The author also looks at some proposals on the Congressional agenda, and gives a summary of some reasons why tax credits won't work. Also provided is some recent information on the status of health care and health care systems elsewhere in the world.
ISSN:0020-7314
1541-4469
DOI:10.2190/3CWK-WAJC-N2FT-U171