Social Surveys And Health Policy Implications For National Health Insurance

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Aday, L A ; Andersen, R ; Anderson, O W
• Description:
  The authors explore the utility of applying social survey data (a) to evaluate the impact of existing health programs and (b) to rank-order priorities concerning future health care policies. Based on national survey data from 1963, 1970, and 1976, they concluded that although Medicare and Medicaid have enabled more people to see a physician than ever before, a large proportion of the population still registers dissatisfaction with the health care they received--particularly with respect to their out-of-pocket costs for obtaining it. However, national health insurance options favored by the majority of the population--particularly those who can best afford the cost of care--suggest preferences for programs that incorporate some mix of existing modes of financing rather than those that provide for substantial restructuring of the current system.
• Subjects:
  Attitude To Health Delivery Of Health Care Health Services Accessibility Humans Medicaid Medicare National Health Insurance, U.S.
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 92(6):508-517
• Pubmed ID:
  337340
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North America
• Volume:
  92
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6e999fa076c1543a6c8d590ae7e97888e1d5646f7e509e07781b08175bab39a5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/65380/cdc_65380_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.63 MB ]