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From: Equity, Health & Human Development on behalf of Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)
Sent: Tue 9/11/2007 11:57 AM
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Subject: [EQ] Barriers to Serving The Vulnerable
Barriers to Serving The Vulnerable: Thoughts of A Former Public Official
Christine C. Ferguson, is an associate research professor in the Department of Health Policy, George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.
Health Affairs September/October 2007 Volume 26 Number 5
Available free online at: http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/26/5/1358 <http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/26/5/1358>
"....In an environment of limited resources, the question of who is deserving and undeserving of assistance becomes critical. Policymakers' biases about whether a health condition is self-inflicted, as well as their perceptions about whether treatments are truly effective, play a major role-often unstated-in the allocation of resources...."
Table of contents - Health Affairs September/October 2007 Volume 26 Number 5:
CARING FOR THE VULNERABLE
A Societal View Of Vulnerable Populations <http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/5/1220>
David Mechanic & Jennifer Tanner
Immigrants, Vulnerability & Health Care <http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/5/1258>
Kathryn Pitkin Derose, José J. Escarce & Nicole Lurie
Effects Of Uninsurance On The Community <http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/5/1304>
Mark V. Pauly & José Pagán
Consumer-Directed Care & Disadvantaged <http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/5/1315>
M. Gregg Bloche
Perspective <http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/5/1328> by Katherine Baicker, William H. Dow & Jonathan Wolfson
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