Lack of health coverage among US veterans from 1987 to 2004.
OBJECTIVES: Veterans Administration health care enrollment is restricted to veterans with service-connected problems and those who are poor. We sought to determine how many veterans were uninsured, trends in veterans' coverage, and whether uninsured veterans lacked access to medical care. METHODS: W...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 97; no. 12; pp. 2199 - 2204 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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American Public Health Association
Dec2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105943896&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105943896 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00900036 APH jtl: American Journal of Public Health issn: 00900036 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2007 vid: 97 iid: 12 pid: 44 pub: American Public Health Association place: Washington, District of Columbia artinfo: ui: 105943896 28073637 2009759115 10.2105/AJPH.2006.106302 NLM17971547 105943896 ppf: 2199 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Lack of health coverage among US veterans from 1987 to 2004. aug: au: Himmelstein DU Lasser KE McCormick D Bor DH Boyd JW Woolhandler S sug: subj: Health Services Accessibility Medically Uninsured Veterans Adolescence Adult Aged Female Insurance Coverage Trends Logistic Regression Male Middle Age Multivariate Analysis Risk Factors United States Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: OBJECTIVES: Veterans Administration health care enrollment is restricted to veterans with service-connected problems and those who are poor. We sought to determine how many veterans were uninsured, trends in veterans' coverage, and whether uninsured veterans lacked access to medical care. METHODS: We analyzed annual data from 2 federal surveys, the Current Population Survey for the years 1988 to 2005 and the National Health Interview Survey for 2002 to 2004. RESULTS: Nearly 1.8 million veterans were uninsured and not receiving Veterans Administration care in 2004. The proportion of working-age veterans lacking coverage peaked in 1993 at 14.2%, fell to 9.9% in 2000, and rose steadily to 12.7% in 2004. Uninsured veterans had substantial access problems; 51.4% had no usual source of care (vs 8.9% of insured veterans), and 26.5% reported failing to get needed care because of the cost (vs 4.3% of insured veterans). CONCLUSIONS: Many US veterans are uninsured and lack adequate access to health care. Expanded funding for veterans' care is urgently needed; only national health insurance could guarantee coverage to both veterans and their family members. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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