State-Level Databook on Health Care Access and Financing

This completely revised and updated edition provides a comprehensive picture of the current health system at the state level. The first edition has proven invaluable to state policymakers considering alternatives for state-level health care reforms. As the debate over the health care crisis continues, this new edition provides completely updated state-level data on the insurance coverage of different groups; the characteristics of the uninsured; Medicaid enrollees, expenditures, and fee levels; health status; health care costs, access and utilization; and state-specific demographics and economic profiles. It also reports totals for the entire United States and averages for the nine Census regions. Each section has a short introduction discussing the measures included and highlighting particularly significant results. Praise for the first edition: "Incredible coordinating tool. If all states can be convinced to use this document, it will vastly simplify federal and state-by-state planning." --John E. Luehrs, National Governors' Association