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The Medicaid Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In both its costs and the number of its enrollees, Medicaid is the largest means-tested transfer program in the United States. It is also a fundamental part of the health care system, providing health insurance to low-income families, indigent seniors, disabled adults and, in some states, low-income adults more broadly.
Thomas Buchmueller   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Patient characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries who report not getting influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations, 2001–2013

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
Background: Despite long standing recommendations of pneumococcal and influenza vaccination for adults age 65 years and older and wide-spread availability to vaccination services, vaccination coverage in the United states is low.
Angela K. Shen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Medicaid and Non‐Medicaid Dental Providers [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Public Health Dentistry, 1986
AbstractA statewide mail survey of a stratified sample of 640 Michigan general dentists was conducted in 1983, with a response rate of 41 percent, n = 261. An analysis was performed to compare Medicaid and non‐Medicaid providers. About half of all respondents reported that they were not seeing any Medicaid patients (Group 1); 29 percent reported that ...
Lang, Walter Paul, Weintraub, Jane A.
openaire   +4 more sources

Outcomes for continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion users in young adults from lower socioeconomic backgrounds

open access: yesEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, 2021
Objective Diabetes technology is available and its efficacy and safety have been demonstrated; however, there is little evidence as to how this technology is being utilized and its effectiveness in vulnerable populations. This study evaluated differences
Alexis M. McKee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preparedness Plan Ensures Dental Service Sustainability During a Public Health State of Emergency

open access: yesJournal of the California Dental Association, 2023
Background In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic emerged bringing risk of disease, disability and death to all Americans. As public health officials scrambled to respond, dental offices were shuttered leaving little access to dental care.Methods ...
Huong Le, Mary E. Foley
doaj   +1 more source

The Association Between Health Insurance and Opioid Misuse in Pregnancy

open access: yesJournal of Scientific Innovation in Medicine, 2020
We sought to evaluate the association between insurance type and non-medical opioid use in pregnant women in the United States. We conducted a study in women aged 12 to 49 years using the 2005–2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
Paula Trepman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Renewed Commitments to Eliminate Cervical Cancer: What This Means for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

open access: yesJCO Global Oncology
Cervical cancer fight gains momentum as funders meet in Cartagena with the aim of closing gaps in screening, access to vaccines and treatment.
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the Effect of COVID-19 on Outpatient Opioid Utilization Among Health First Colorado Members and a National Non-Medicaid Cohort: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

open access: yesTherapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2023
Heather D Anderson,1 Vanessa Paul Patterson,1 Garth Wright,1 Julia E Rawlings,1 Gina D Moore,1 Jim Leonard,2 Robert L Page II1 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Anschutz ...
Anderson HD   +6 more
doaj  

Stuck in neutral? Federalism, policy instruments, and counter-cyclical responses to COVID-19 in the United States

open access: yesPolicy & Society, 2020
Federalism plays a foundational role in structuring public expectations about how the United States will respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, as both an unprecedented public-health crisis and an economic recession.
Philip Rocco   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the proportion of Medicaid-eligible pregnant women in Louisiana who do not get abortions when Medicaid does not cover abortion. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BackgroundTo estimate the proportion of pregnant women in Louisiana who do not obtain abortions because Medicaid does not cover abortion.MethodsTwo hundred sixty nine women presenting at first prenatal visits in Southern Louisiana, 2015-2017, completed ...
Johns, Nicole E   +4 more
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