Health Care for the Poor and Uninsured.

This book, which focuses on the promotion, coordination, and financing of healthcare sevices for poor and uninsured people, describes techniques to promote access to health services, innovative approaches to public/private collaboration in the delivery of services, financial strategies of health maintenance organizations, and the formation of foundations to fund healthcare delivery. Although the studies in the book are of successful programs for pregnant women, infants, and children-groups often in the greatest need-the strategies incorporated by these programs are easily adapted to serve other populations.

Some of the topics addressed in this guide include:

* effective use of nurse practitioners and mid-wives to provide prenatal care;

* a description of referral systems which promote the coordination of public and private sectors;

* hospital financial support of state screening programs;

* aggressive outreach programs to reach special populations;

* factors influencing family selection of a healthcare provider;

* new approaches to funding long-term care; and

* the use of outreach clinics and a coordinated referral system.