Medical Care Economic Risk: Measuring Financial Vulnerability from Spending on Medical Care

Name: Medical Care Economic Risk: Measuring Financial Vulnerability from Spending on Medical Care
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ISBN: 9780309266048

ISBN-10: 0309266041

ISBN-13: 9780309266048

Edition: 2012

Authors: Michael J. O'Grady, Gooloo S. Wunderlich

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The United States has seen major advances in medical care during the past decades, but access to care at an affordable cost is not universal. Many Americans lack health care insurance of any kind, and many others with insurance are nonetheless exposed to financial risk because of high premiums, deductibles, co-pays, limits on insurance payments, and uncovered services. One might expect that the U.S. poverty measure would capture these financial effects and trends in them over time. Yet the current official poverty measure developed in the early 1960s does not take into account significant increases and variations in medical care costs, insurance coverage, out-of-pocket spending, and the…

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List price: $57.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Summary



Review and Recommendations



Introduction



Concepts of Medical Care Economic Burden and Risk



Concepts of Resources



Measures of Medical Care Economic Risk and Recommended Approach



Data Sources



Implementing Measures of Medical Care Economic Burden and Risk


References


Acronyms and Abbreviations


Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff



Resources for the Study: Developing a Measure of Medical Care Economic Risk-Workshop Summary



Introduction



Context for the Workshop



Measuring Medical Care Economic Risk



Issues in the Development of Thresholds



Issues in Denning Resources



Implementation Issues



Recap of Issues and Next Steps


References


Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Presenters



Resources for the Study: Background Papers


Conceptual Framework for Measuring Medical Care Economic Risk



Incorporating Data on Assets into Measures of Financial Burdens of Health



An Assessment of Data Sources for Measuring Medical Care Economic Risk