Serious Illness and Private Health Coverage: A Unique Problem Calling for Unique Solutions

Serious Illness and Private Health Coverage: A Unique Problem Calling for Unique Solutions

Authors examine the experience of two nonelderly adult populations in Indiana and their difficulties in obtaining and retaining health insurance once diagnosed with a serious chronic or catastrophic disease.

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Published in:The Journal of law, medicine & ethics Vol. 25; no. 2-3; pp. 180 - 191
Main Authors: Kinney, Eleanor D., Freud, Deborah A., Camp, Mary Elizabeth, Jordan, Karen A., Mayfield, Marion Christopher
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-06-1997
SAGE Publications
Cambridge University Press
Subjects:
Adult
Breast Neoplasms - economics
Catastrophic Illness - economics
Chronic illnesses
Federal Government
Female
Government Regulation
Health insurance
Health Planning
Humans
Illness
Indiana
Insurance Coverage
Insurance, Health
Male
Mandatory Programs
Medical diagnosis
Medical disorders
Medically Uninsured
Middle Aged
Private Sector
Regression Analysis
United States
Indiana
United States
Empirical Approach
Health Care and Public Health
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Summary:Authors examine the experience of two nonelderly adult populations in Indiana and their difficulties in obtaining and retaining health insurance once diagnosed with a serious chronic or catastrophic disease.
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ISSN:1073-1105
1748-720X
DOI:10.1111/j.1748-720X.1997.tb01892.x