Minority health in America : findings and policy implications from the Commonwealth Fund minority health survey
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Minority health in America : findings and policy implications from the Commonwealth Fund minority health survey
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780801862984
Description
In 1994, The Commonwealth Fund commissioned Louis Harris and Associates to conduct a survey of some 3,770 African American, Hispanic, Asian American, and white adults regarding their experiences with health care. Participants were asked to describe their health status and health-related behaviours, their access to and use of health-care services, their attitudes toward the care they received, and related socioeconomic data. The Fund then commissioned experts in minority health, women's health, health care, and health policy to analyze the data, draw policy implications, and make recommendations to improve the health and health care of minority populations. This work presents evidence from this major national survey, providing the documentation needed to assess the successes and failures of our present system and to chart productive directions for the future.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Chapter 1. The Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Survey of 1994: An Overview
Chapter 2. Hispanics' Experience Within the Health Care System: Access, Utilization, and Satisfaction
Chapter 3. A Profile of African Americans' Health Care: Subgroup Differences in Need and Access
Chapter 4. Access to Health Care Among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans
Chapter 5. Health Care for African American and Hispanic Women: Report on Perceived Health Status, Access to Care, and Utilization Patterns
Chapter 6. Financial Barriers for Working-Age Minority Populations: Poverty and Beyond
Chapter 7. Uninsurance and Its Impact on Access to Health Care: What Are the Challenges for Policy?
Chapter 8. Satisfaction With Care in Minority Populations
Chapter 9. Limited Choices for Medical Care Among Minority Populations
Chapter 10. Social Status and Perceived Discrimination: Who Experiences Discrimination in the Health Care System, How, and Why?
Chapter 11. Race, Stress, and Mental Health
Chapter 12. Eating Well, Exercising, and Avoiding Smoking: Health Promotion Among Men and Women in Minority Populations
Chapter 13. A Look to the Future
Technical Appendix
Author Index
Subject Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780801862991
Description
This book assembles timely evidence from a major national survey regarding the different experiences of health care as it is being delivered to various minority members of our society-Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans, and minority women. It provides the documentation needed to assess the successes and failures of our present system and to chart productive directions for the future. The book will be an important resource for researchers, policy makers, clinicians, and students interested in minority health and health policy.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Chapter 1. The Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Survey of 1994: An Overview
Chapter 2. Hispanics' Experience Within the Health Care System: Access, Utilization, and Satisfaction
Chapter 3. A Profile of African Americans' Health Care: Subgroup Differences in Need and Access
Chapter 4. Access to Health Care Among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans
Chapter 5. Health Care for African American and Hispanic Women: Report on Perceived Health Status, Access to Care, and Utilization Patterns
Chapter 6. Financial Barriers for Working-Age Minority Populations: Poverty and Beyond
Chapter 7. Uninsurance and Its Impact on Access to Health Care: What Are the Challenges for Policy?
Chapter 8. Satisfaction With Care in Minority Populations
Chapter 9. Limited Choices for Medical Care Among Minority Populations
Chapter 10. Social Status and Perceived Discrimination: Who Experiences Discrimination in the Health Care System, How, and Why?
Chapter 11. Race, Stress, and Mental Health
Chapter 12. Eating Well, Exercising, and Avoiding Smoking: Health Promotion Among Men and Women in Minority Populations
Chapter 13. A Look to the Future
Technical Appendix
Author Index
Subject Index
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