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For-Profit Health Care Companies: Trends and Issues – Fact Sheet
The rapid growth of managed care has brought with it a growing connection between the stock market and health care organizations. Health care services have evolved from being delivered by physicians and tax exempt institutions to a market-driven industry attracting investment capital from numerous sources. The market capitalization, or total…
Poll Finding Read MoreKaiser Family Foundation Survey of Americans about Health Care and the Stock Market
A survey on Americans’ perceptions of healthcare stocks and the differences between for-profit and nonprofit healthcare organizations. A fact sheet including data on financial trends from the past decade is included. This survey was released at a briefing held jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Press Foundation…
Poll Finding Read MoreState Facts: Health Needs, and Medicaid Financing
This data book provides a profile of selected indicators of health needs, insurance coverage, and the role of Medicaid in each state with comparative statistics for the United States.Fact Sheet: California Facts
Fact Sheet Read MoreContraceptive Research, Introduction and Use: Lessons from Norplant
Summary of Findings: Contraceptive Research, Introduction, and Use: Lessons from Norplant
Poll Finding Read MoreMedicare Beneficiaries and HMOs: Highlights of Los Angeles and New York City Medicare HMO Markets
A growing number of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolling in Medicare HMOs as an alternative to the traditional Medicare program. However, Medicare HMO enrollment has not grown uniformly in market areas across the country. Case studies conducted by researchers at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. for The Kaiser Family Foundation describe the…
Fact Sheet Read MoreSetting Capitation Rates for HIV/AIDS Care: A Primer for Ryan White CARE Act Title IV Project
Setting Capitation Rates for HIV/AIDS Care: A Primer for Ryan White CARE Act Title IV ProjectReport: Setting Capitation Rates for HIV/AIDS Care: A Primer for Ryan White CARE Act Title IV Projects
Report Read MoreUninsured in America: Key Facts About Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage
This brochure provides key facts about the uninsured population in American today, and the difference having health insurance makes in access to health services and to a family's financial security.Report Report
Report Read MoreUnderstanding the Impact of New Treatments on HIV Testing: Summary of a Forum
Recognizing this as a critical time in the HIV epidemic, the Kaiser Family Foundation convened a meeting on January 28 – 30, 1998 to re-examine HIV testing. Participants from community agencies, advocacy groups, national associations, and all levels of government, as well as researchers and legal experts, were brought together.…
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