Lack Of Access Due To Costs Remains A Problem For Some In Massachusetts Despite The State’s Health Reforms
| العنوان: | Lack Of Access Due To Costs Remains A Problem For Some In Massachusetts Despite The State’s Health Reforms |
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| المؤلفون: | Jane Soukup, Heather E. Riden, Usha Govindarajulu, Dora A. Tovar, Paula A. Johnson, Cheryl R. Clark |
| المصدر: | Health Affairs. 30:247-255 |
| بيانات النشر: | Health Affairs (Project Hope), 2011. |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Economic growth, State Health Plans, media_common.quotation_subject, education, Disease, Health Services Accessibility, Preventive care, Unmet needs, State (polity), Universal Health Insurance, Neoplasms, Preventive Health Services, Humans, Mass Screening, Medicine, Social determinants of health, Poverty, health care economics and organizations, media_common, Health Services Needs and Demand, business.industry, Health Policy, Health Care Costs, General insurance, Quarter (United States coin), Massachusetts, Cardiovascular Diseases, Health Care Reform, Income, Cost of care, business |
| الوصف: | Did the Massachusetts health reforms, which provided near-universal insurance coverage, also address problems of unmet need resulting from the cost of care and of inadequate preventive care for diverse patient groups? We found that nearly a quarter of adults who were in fair or poor health reported being unable to see a doctor because of cost during the implementation of the reforms. We also found that state residents earning less than $25,000 per year were much less likely than higher earners to receive screening for cardiovascular disease and cancer. The state needs to implement new strategies to build on the promise of universal coverage and address specific needs of vulnerable populations, such as limiting out-of-pocket spending for this group. Also, more data are needed on the social determinants of health to identify specific barriers related to cost and access for vulnerable groups that general insurance reforms may not address. |
| تدمد: | 1544-5208 0278-2715 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a6268025314e3d07ca03ac6318a56259 https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0319 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....a6268025314e3d07ca03ac6318a56259 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15445208 02782715 |
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