Healthy Skepticism Library item: 5777
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Publication type: Journal Article
Skala N, Hellander I.
A review of data on the U.S. health sector: summer 2005.
Int J Health Serv 2006; 36:(1):157-76
Abstract:
This report presents information on the state of the U.S. health sector in late summer 2005. It includes data on the uninsured and underinsured and their access to health care, on socioeconomic inequalities in health care, and on the rising costs of health insurance. It also presents information on the role of corporate money in health and health care, focusing on the pharmaceutical and hospital industries. The authors include an update on Medicare HMOs and the prescription drug bill, the results of some recent public opinion polls on health care, and some international comparisons of health systems. The article ends with recent data on health (medical) savings accounts and high-deductible insurance plans.
Keywords:
Canada
Drug Industry
Health Care Costs/statistics & numerical data
Health Care Costs/trends
Health Care Sector/statistics & numerical data
Health Care Sector/trends*
Health Care Surveys*
Health Maintenance Organizations/economics
Health Services Accessibility/statistics & numerical data*
Health Services Accessibility/trends
Health Surveys*
Humans
Insurance Coverage/statistics & numerical data
Insurance Coverage/trends
Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services/economics
Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services/legislation & jurisprudence
International Cooperation
Medical Savings Accounts/economics
Medically Uninsured/statistics & numerical data
Medicare/economics
Medicare/legislation & jurisprudence
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
