Access to Health Care in America

Abstract

1 Front Matter 2 Summary 3 1. Introduction 4 2. A Model for Monitoring Access 5 3. Using Indicators to Monitor National Objectives for Health Care 6 4. Future Indicators 7 5. Recommendations 8 Appendix A: Developing Indicators of Access to Care: The Case for HIV Disease 9 Appendix B: Developing Indicators of Access to Care: Waiting Lists for Drug Abuse Treatment 10 Appendix C: Developing Indicators of Access to Care: The Case for Migrants and the Homeless 11 Appendix D: Ambulatory-Care Sensitive Conditions and Referral-Sensitive Surgeries 12 Index