Ensuring equity: a post-reform framework to achieve high performance health care for vulnerable populations
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Schor, Edward L. Berenson, Julia. Shih, Anthony. Collins, Sara R. Schoen, Cathy. Riley, Pamela. Dermody, Cara. Commission on a High Performance Health System. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, [2011]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Healthcare Disparities -- statistics & numerical data Healthcare Disparities -- trends Quality of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data Quality of Health Care -- trends Vulnerable Populations Community Networks Cost Sharing -- statistics & numerical data Cost Sharing -- trends Delivery of Health Care -- economics Delivery of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data Delivery of Health Care -- trends Forecasting Health Care Reform Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data Health Services Accessibility -- trends Hospitalization -- statistics & numerical data Income -- statistics & numerical data Income -- trends Insurance Coverage Insurance, Health Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data Medicare -- statistics & numerical data Minority Groups Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Poverty Public Health Practice Risk Factors Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Equity is a core goal of a high performance health system. However, there is a growing health care divide in the United States, where vulnerable populations--those lacking health insurance, low-income families, and racial and ethnic minorities--are at higher risk for poor health and poor health outcomes than the rest of society. The Affordable Care Act will expand insurance coverage and bolster the parts of the health system that serve vulnerable Americans, yet much work remains. This report from The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System examines the problems facing vulnerable populations and offers a framework for moving forward. It features three overarching strategies to close the health care divide: 1) ensure that health coverage provides adequate access and financial protection; 2) strengthen the care delivery systems serving vulnerable populations; and 3) coordinate care delivery with other community resources, including public health services.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101572128 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101572128