America's uninsured and underinsured.
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Number and Growth of the Uninsured and Underinsured
Health insurance is crucial to most people for access to needed health care services. Lack of insurance is associated with delays in seeking care, noncompliance with treatment regimens, and poorer health outcomes. (Committee on Consequences of Uninsurance [2002]; Hadley [2002]) Approximately 18 percent of the non-elderly adult US population was uninsured in 1998 and just more than 16 percent in...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.302.6786.1163