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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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76 to 80 of 80 Research Studies DisplayedCrisp GD, Roberts AW, Esserman DA
The University of North Carolina's Health Care Pharmacy Assistance Program.
This study examined a program providing financial assistance to uninsured residents of North Carolina who need prescription medications. It found that from 2009 to 2011, the program served 7,180 patients in 81 counties. These patients received a mean of 23 prescriptions at an average cost of $754 per recipient per year.
AHRQ-funded; HS000032
Citation: Crisp GD, Roberts AW, Esserman DA .
The University of North Carolina's Health Care Pharmacy Assistance Program.
N C Med J. 2014 Sep-Oct;75(5):303-9..
Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Uninsured, Medication, Healthcare Utilization
Politi MC, Kaphingst KA, Kreuter M
Knowledge of health insurance terminology and details among the uninsured.
This study examined currently uninsured individuals’ understanding of terminology and details in health care plans in a series of interviews of a small mostly low-income and African American population. It found that the cost of the premium and having fixed costs through co-payments rather than coinsurance were very important so that individuals could budget as best as possible.
AHRQ-funded; HS020309.
Citation: Politi MC, Kaphingst KA, Kreuter M .
Knowledge of health insurance terminology and details among the uninsured.
Med Care Res Rev 2014 Feb;71(1):85-98. doi: 10.1177/1077558713505327..
Keywords: Uninsured, Low-Income, Health Insurance
Sommers BD, Kenney GM, Epstein AM
New evidence on the Affordable Care Act: coverage impacts of early Medicaid expansions.
Since 2010 California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Washington, D.C., have taken advantage of the Affordable Care Act’s option to expand coverage earlier to a portion of low-income childless adults. The researchers present new data on these expansions focusing on several questions including the extent to which childless adults’ new enrollment in Medicaid result from extending coverage to uninsured people as opposed to replacing private coverage.
AHRQ-funded; HS021291.
Citation: Sommers BD, Kenney GM, Epstein AM .
New evidence on the Affordable Care Act: coverage impacts of early Medicaid expansions.
Health Aff 2014 Jan;33(1):78-87. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1087..
Keywords: Low-Income, Uninsured, Medicaid, Health Insurance
John DA, de Castro AB, Duran B
Nativity and occupational class disparities in uninsurance and routine preventive care use among Asian Americans.
The researchers examined how nativity and occupational class among Asian Americans may explain disparities in uninsurance and use of routine preventive healthcare services such as routine physical checkup and dental/eye exams. They found that 35 to 40 percent of workers in blue-collar and service occupations reported no physical checkup or dental/eye exams in the past year.
AHRQ-funded; HS013853
Citation: John DA, de Castro AB, Duran B .
Nativity and occupational class disparities in uninsurance and routine preventive care use among Asian Americans.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Dec;15(6):1011-22. doi: 10.1007/s10903-013-9851-3..
Keywords: Disparities, Uninsured, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Social Determinants of Health, Prevention
Kirby JB, Kaneda T
AHRQ Author: Kirby JB
'Double jeopardy' measure suggests blacks and Hispanics face more severe disparities than previously indicated.
The authors proposed a new way of conceptualizing and quantifying the racial and ethnic disadvantages of uninsurance over the course of a lifetime. Their measures indicated that, compared to whites, Hispanics and blacks are more likely not only to be uninsured at any point throughout most of their lives, but also to spend more years uninsured and spend more of these uninsured years at high risk of needing medical care. They concluded that these life expectancy measures have the potential to reframe the discussion of disparities and monitor progress toward their elimination.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Kirby JB, Kaneda T .
'Double jeopardy' measure suggests blacks and Hispanics face more severe disparities than previously indicated.
Health Aff 2013 Oct;32(10):1766-72. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0434.
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Keywords: Disparities, Health Insurance, Health Status, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Uninsured