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Vulnerable populations in the United States
- Title
- Vulnerable populations in the United States / Leiyu Shi, Gregory D. Stevens.
- Author
- Shi, Leiyu.
- Publication
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2005], ©2005.
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- Additional Authors
- Stevens, Gregory D., 1973-
- Description
- xviii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Vulnerable Populations in the United States offers in-depth data on access to care, quality of care, and health status and updates and summarizes what is currently known regarding the pathways and mechanisms linking vulnerability with poor health and health care outcomes. Vulnerable Populations in the United States proposes a new course of action to improve the health services system and addresses the multifaceted health needs of vulnerable populations."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-296) and indexes.
- Contents
- 1. A general framework to study vulnerable populations -- 2. The community determinants and mechanisms of vulnerability -- 3. Disparities in health care access, quality, and health status : the influence of individual risk factors -- 4. Disparities in health care access, quality, and health status : the influence of multiple risk factors -- 5. Current strategies to serve vulnerable populations -- 6. Resolving disparities in the United States.
- ISBN
- 0787969583 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004014537
- OCLC
- ocm55746870
- SCSB-5125011
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries