At Risk in America: The Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States
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LU ANN ADAY is professor of behavioral sciences and management and policy sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health. She is the principal author of eight books, including Designing and Conducting Health Surveys (Jossey-Bass, 1989) and Health Services Research (1993).
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Foreword
1. Who Are the Vulnerable?
2. How Many Are Vulnerable?
3. Who Is Most Vulnerable?
4. Why Are They Vulnerable?
5. What Programs Are There to Address Their Needs?
6. Who Pays for Their Care?
7. How Good Is Their Access to Care?
8. How Much Does Their Care Cost?
9. What Is the Quality of Their Care?
10. What Do We Still Need to Know?
11. What Programs and Policies Are Needed?
Resources: A. National Data Sources on Vulnerable Populations B. Source Notes on the Data Tables
1. Who Are the Vulnerable?
2. How Many Are Vulnerable?
3. Who Is Most Vulnerable?
4. Why Are They Vulnerable?
5. What Programs Are There to Address Their Needs?
6. Who Pays for Their Care?
7. How Good Is Their Access to Care?
8. How Much Does Their Care Cost?
9. What Is the Quality of Their Care?
10. What Do We Still Need to Know?
11. What Programs and Policies Are Needed?
Resources: A. National Data Sources on Vulnerable Populations B. Source Notes on the Data Tables
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"Aday has brought together an extraordinary amount of valuable information on America's most vulnerable populations. This resource will be helpful to researchers, policy makers, and practitioners." —David Mechanic, director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University
