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Vulnerable Populations in the United States eBook

By: Leiyu Shi, Gregory D. Stevens


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Vulnerable Populations in the United States offers in-depth data on access to care, quality of care, and health status and updates and summarizes what is currently known regarding the pathways and mechanisms linking vulnerability with poor health and health care outcomes. Written by Leiyu Shi and Gregory D. Stevens, this book provides a coherent, well-integrated, general framework for the scientific study of vulnerable populations—a framework that is compatible with the focus of public health policy and the Healthy People initiative. The comprehensive volume Vulnerable Populations in the United States
  • Discusses the determinants of vulnerability using a broad framework that includes both social and individual determinants
  • Portrays the mechanisms whereby vulnerability influences access, quality, and health status
  • Summarizes the literature and provides empirical evidence of disparities in health care access, quality, and outcome for vulnerable populations
  • Focuses on influences of individual risk factors and multiple risk factors
  • Reviews programs currently in place for vulnerable populations


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