Health of Vulnerable Populations

Health Insurance and Vulnerable Populations

Our charge is to consider the causes of lack of insurance coverage for vulnerable populations. This is a daunting task for many reasons-not least because there are as many kinds of vulnerability as there are bad things that happen to human bodies or to human life. Although the term " vulnerable population " conjures images of a discrete and insular minority, every person's vulnerability to illn...

Vulnerable populations and health insurance.

This study provided a national profile of health insurance of certain vulnerable populations including children, racial/ethnic minorities, low-income families, non-metropolitan statistical area (MSA) residents, and those with poor health status. The study shows an increase in the proportion of uninsured nonelderly population. While public insurance helped reduce the employment- and health-relat...

Vulnerable Populations: Vulnerable People

Research to improve the health of vulnerable populations

Mani Jegathesan tells Fiona Fleck how his carriers in tropical disease research and athletics combine to serve public health.

Health Care of Vulnerable Populations Covered by Medicare and Medicaid

This overview discusses articles published in this issue of the Health Care Financing Review, entitled "Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations." Articles cover the following vulnerable population subgroups: pregnant women and children, persons with AIDS, the disabled, and the elderly. Issues covered in this collection include: expenditures, demographic factors, Medicaid and Medicare policy...