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Promoting Access to Health Insurance through a Multistate Extension Collaboration

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2017
This paper describes a multistate project that addressed the growing need for health insurance information for individuals by focusing on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and health insurance education and outreach efforts in targeted areas of the country ...
Joan Koonce , Judith Aboahye , Nick Oliver   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Exploratory Study to Understand Factors Associated with Health-related Quality of Life Among Uninsured/Underinsured Patients as Identified by Clinic Providers and Staff

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2020
Since the release of Healthy People 2020, there has been extensive research understanding factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among specific populations.
Guillermo M. Wippold, Nwakaego Nmezi, Jaime L. Williams, Jacqueline Butler, Tanya M. Hodge   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rising Unemployment, Medicaid and the Uninsured [PDF]

, 2009
Estimates the impact of different levels of unemployment on healthcare coverage and state costs for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) and the uninsured.
John Holahan, Bowen Garrett
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Preventative Cancer Screening Rates Among Uninsured Patients in Free Clinics: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Cancer Survivors and Non-cancer Survivors

Cancer Control, 2022
Background There is limited research on screening rates among uninsured cancer survivors. Uninsured cancer survivors are at higher risk of poorer health outcomes than the insured due to limited access to preventative screening for secondary cancers. This
Madeline MacDonald, Abu-Sayeef Mirza, Rahul Mhaskar, Aldenise Ewing, Liwei Chen, Katherine Robinson, Yuanyuan Lu, Noura Ayoubi, Eduardo Gonzalez, Lucy Guerra, Richard Roetzheim, Laurie Woodard, Smitha Pabbathi   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Barriers Toward Telehealth in an Underserved, Uninsured Patient Population

Telemedicine Reports
Background: Telehealth has untapped potential to improve health care for underserved communities. However, it remains underutilized, limiting opportunities to improve continuity of care and health care outcomes.
Ashna Raiker, Meenu Johnkutty, Ambar Ruiz, Jedan Phillips, Melissa J. Earle   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of Insurance Type With Colorectal Surgery Outcomes and Costs at a Safety-Net Hospital

Annals of Surgery Open, 2022
Objective:. Association of insurance type with colorectal surgical complications, textbook outcomes (TO), and cost in a safety-net hospital (SNH). Background:. SNHs have higher surgical complications and costs compared to low-burden hospitals.
Jasmine C. Tetley, DO, Michael A. Jacobs, MS, Jeongsoo Kim, PhD, Susanne Schmidt, PhD, Bradley B. Brimhall, MD, MPH, Virginia Mika, PhD, MPH, Chen-Pin Wang, PhD, Laura S. Manuel, BS, Paul Damien, PhD, Paula K. Shireman, MD, MS, MBA   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative technical efficiency of insured and uninsured cocoa farm operators in Ondo State, Nigeria [PDF]

Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade), 2014
This study evaluates the technical efficiency of insured and uninsured cocoa farm operators in Ondo State, Nigeria. Study data were obtained from 60 insured and 60 uninsured farm operators.
Falola Abraham, Banjoko Ibrahim K., Agboola Babatola O.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors Associated With the Rising Trend in Self‐Reported Cognitive Disability Among U.S. Adults Aged 18–39 From 2013–2024

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Building on our prior Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System analysis identifying adults aged 18–39 as the primary driver of the national increase in self‐reported cognitive disability, we examined factors associated with this rise using 2013–2024 U.S. BRFSS data. Methods We analyzed U.S.
Adam de Havenon, Ka‐Ho Wong, Mirriam Mananah, Christopher D. Anderson, Ada Fenick, Amy Arnsten, Arman Fesharaki‐Zadeh, James C. McPartland, Mary L. Adams, Kevin N. Sheth   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Race and Household Income Are Associated With Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis Hospitalized in the United States

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Race and household income impact outcomes in patients with rheumatic conditions; however, their role in pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis (AAV) remains poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate whether race and ethnicity and household income are associated with severe AAV disease and renal outcomes among
Roberto Alejandro Valdovinos, William Daniel Soulsby III, Emily von Scheven   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health insurance education strategies for increasing the insured among older population , a quasi experimental study in rural Kenya

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012
INTRODUCTION: The older population in most developing countries are uninsured and lack access to health services. This study assessed the extent to which a multi-strategy health insurance education intervention would increase the number of insured among ...
Josephat Nyagero, Roslyn Gakure, Magaret Keraka, Peter Wanzala   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source