Getting Less Care: The Uninsured with Chronic Health Conditions


 

Publication Date: February 2001

Publisher: Families USA

Author(s): Cheryl Fish-Parcham

Research Area: Health

Type: Report

Abstract:

Uninsured people with serious health problems are less likely to see doctors regularly and more likely to postpone needed care or go without it altogether. This report compares the health care of insured and uninsured non-elderly people with five common health conditions: heart disease, hypertension, high blood cholesterol, arthritis, and chronic back pain.