Conceptualising the Lack of Health Insurance Coverage

Authors

John B. Davis, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

10 p.

Publication Date

3-2000

Publisher

Springer

Source Publication

Health Care Analysis

Source ISSN

1065-3058

Abstract

This paper examines the lack of health insurancecoverage in the US as a public policy issue. It first comparesthe problem of health insurance coverage to theproblem of unemployment to show that in terms of thenumbers of individuals affected lack of healthinsurance is a problem comparable in importance to theproblem of unemployment. Secondly, the paperdiscusses the methodology involved in measuring healthinsurance coverage, and argues that the current methodof estimation of the uninsured underestimates theextent that individuals go without health insurance. Third, the paper briefly introduces Amartya Sen'sfunctionings and capabilities framework to suggest away of representing the extent to which individualsare uninsured. Fourth, the paper sketches a means ofoperationalizing the Sen representation of theuninsured in terms of the disability-adjusted lifeyear (DALY) measure.

Comments

Accepted version. Health Care Analysis, Vol. 8, No. 1 (March 2000): 55-64. DOI. © Springer 2000. Used with permission.

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Recommended Citation

Davis, John B., "Conceptualising the Lack of Health Insurance Coverage" (2000). Economics Faculty Research and Publications. 185.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/econ_fac/185