Download or read book Declining Medi Cal Coverage Leads to Increasing Uninsured Rate Among California s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders written by Rebecka Levan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The State of Health Insurance in California written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asians and Pacific Islanders in Crisis written by Neil Turner and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Study from the year 2003 in the subject Pedagogy - Science, Theory, Anthropology, grade: A, California State University, Los Angeles, course: Medical Anthropology, language: English, abstract: This paper presents from a theoretical perspective critical analyses of the impact of the lack of health insurance on illness, suffering and death of the Asian and Pacific American population. It addresses critical concerns on the proportions of the uninsured, their demographic characteristics, population growth, disease prevalence, access to care and health outcomes. We engage in findings that illuminate the complex processes involved in disparities in insurance coverage that exist for the uninsured. We limit our discussion in terms of social policy, not so much to minimize the importance of other relevant narratives but to prevent contradiction of certain social and political contexts in which this type of research is situated.
Download or read book Health Insurance Coverage of Single Mothers in California written by Roberta Wyn and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coverage Matters written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-10-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roughly 40 million Americans have no health insurance, private or public, and the number has grown steadily over the past 25 years. Who are these children, women, and men, and why do they lack coverage for essential health care services? How does the system of insurance coverage in the U.S. operate, and where does it fail? The first of six Institute of Medicine reports that will examine in detail the consequences of having a large uninsured population, Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care, explores the myths and realities of who is uninsured, identifies social, economic, and policy factors that contribute to the situation, and describes the likelihood faced by members of various population groups of being uninsured. It serves as a guide to a broad range of issues related to the lack of insurance coverage in America and provides background data of use to policy makers and health services researchers.
Download or read book Increasing Health Coverage Within Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities still face inequalities in health coverage, provider access, and overall health status. Uninsured adults are less likely to receive preventive care, screening services, and appropriate acute and chronic disease management and they are more likely to have poorer overall health compared to insured individuals. The lack of health insurance often forces people to put off needed medical care because they cannot afford the out-of-pocket costs of medical services. These problems disproportionately affect the diverse and fast-growing ethnic groups known as Asian-American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI's). AAPI's make up about 4 percent of the population but about 5 percent of the uninsured.
Download or read book Riding the Waves of Change written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this paper is to inform policymakers and consumer advocates of how managed care practices impact health services, specifically for women, children and those who are limited English proficient (LEP). This paper will provide (1) background information on managed care and the changes in Medi-Cal, (2) background information on APIA women, (3) recommendations for consumers, managed care organizations and the California Department of Health Services.
Download or read book Policy Brief written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Care Without Coverage written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-06-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really need. Care Without Coverage examines the real consequences for adults who lack health insurance. The study presents findings in the areas of prevention and screening, cancer, chronic illness, hospital-based care, and general health status. The committee looked at the consequences of being uninsured for people suffering from cancer, diabetes, HIV infection and AIDS, heart and kidney disease, mental illness, traumatic injuries, and heart attacks. It focused on the roughly 30 million-one in seven-working-age Americans without health insurance. This group does not include the population over 65 that is covered by Medicare or the nearly 10 million children who are uninsured in this country. The main findings of the report are that working-age Americans without health insurance are more likely to receive too little medical care and receive it too late; be sicker and die sooner; and receive poorer care when they are in the hospital, even for acute situations like a motor vehicle crash.
Download or read book Asian American Communities and Health written by Chau Trinh-Shevrin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-03 with total page 1111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking textbook examines Asian American health from a public health perspective. It provides an overview of the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that influence the distribution of disease and illness in Asian American communities. The book explores the diversity within the Asian community with respect to health seeking behavior and knowledge, socioeconomic status, educational level, cultural traditions, and specific health care needs and issues. By examining the contextual factors that impact health, the book seeks to facilitate a meaningful dialogue and identify creative solutions for health disparities faced by racial and ethnic minority communities.
Download or read book Health Insurance Coverage of Californians 1989 1992 written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eligible Uninsured Asian Americans Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders written by Minh Wendt and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Affordable Care Act, over 1.9 million eligible uninsured Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) gained access to new options for health care coverage starting January 1, 2014. Eight in ten, or 1.6 million, of these eligible uninsured AANHPIs may qualify either for tax credits to purchase coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplace (755,000) or for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (798,000). This document provides relevant statistical data.
Download or read book Health Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide benefits based on disability: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. This report analyzes health care utilizations as they relate to impairment severity and SSA's definition of disability. Health Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination identifies types of utilizations that might be good proxies for "listing-level" severity; that is, what represents an impairment, or combination of impairments, that are severe enough to prevent a person from doing any gainful activity, regardless of age, education, or work experience.
Download or read book Health Insurance Coverage of California s Latino Population and Their Use of Health Services written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Expanding Access to Health Care for California s Uninsured Population written by Peter Hansel and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Download or read book Confronting Critical Health Issues of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans written by Nolan Zane and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1994 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First convened in April 1989, the NRAC was formed in response to the poor quality of data, the paucity of health statistics, and the limited epidemiological and health services research on Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
