Hidden costs, value lost uninsurance in America (National Academies Press, 2003)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196)
Context -- - Purpose -- - Organization -- - Costs, Benefits, and Value: Context, Concepts, and Approach -- - Analytic Context -- - Concepts of Cost -- - Approach to Estimating the Costs of Uninsurance and the Costs and Benefits of Coverage -- - Limitations of the Evaluation of Costs and Benefits Related to Coverage -- - Spending on Health Care for Uninsured Americans: How Much, and Who Pays? -- - Uninsured People Use Less Medical Care Than Do Those with Coverage -- - Out-of-Pocket Costs for Uninsured Individuals and Families -- - Uncompensated Care to Uninsured Persons -- - Who Bears the Costs of Uncompensated Care for Those Who Lack Coverage? -- - Other Costs Associated with Uninsurance -- - The Value Lost in Healthy Life Years -- - Quality of Life and Security for Families -- - Developmental Outcomes for Children -- - Uninsurance and Public Programs -- - Workforce Participation, Productivity, and Employers -- - Health Systems Impacts -- - The Cost of the Additional Care That the Uninsured Would Use If They Had Insurance Coverage -- - Long and Marquis Estimates, 1994 -- - Miller, Banthin, and Moeller Estimates -- - Hadley and Holahan Estimates -- - Comparing Results -- - Social and Economic Costs of Uninsurance in Context -- - Summarizing Costs and Comparing Investments in Health -- - Realizing Social Values and Ideals -- - Coverage Does Matter: The Value of Health Forgone by the Uninsured - Elizabeth Richardson Vigdor