The article discusses the improvement in access to care and affordability of health services under the Affordable Care Act. It attributes to the growing share of nonelderly adults who availed to preventive services and routine checkups under the Medicaid coverage. It reveals that coverage for dental...
Additionally, the share of those who said they had access to care but could not afford it dropped 46.0 percent, with 3.7 percent of 66 year olds reporting affordability as a barrier to care. While the number of Americans who encountered affordability barriers in healthcare decreased...
1 In the United States, affordability is a crucial determinant of health care access: approximately 30 million people in the US lacked health insurance in 2020,2 and approximately 30 million live below the federal poverty level, which in 2021 is defined as a combined income o...
This survey study examines the association of post–COVID-19 condition with the experience of health care access and affordability challenges among adults
There must be a connection between our public health infrastructure and the health care system. The association is also broadening our focus on cost and emphasizing value in health care to ensure health care is affordable, not just for individuals, but for employers, governments and so...
Access to dental care for low-income adults: perceptions of affordability, availability and acceptability. 41), dentists (=6) and health and social service-providers (=13). The analysis explores perceptions of need, evidence of unmet needs, and three dimensions ... BB Wallace,MI Macentee - ...
Among privately- and publicly-insured cancer survivors, those with coverage disruptions were less likely to report all preventative service use (16.9% vs. 36.2%; 14.6% vs. 25.3%, respectively) and more likely to report problems with care affordability (55.0% vs. 17.7%; 71.1% vs. 38.4%, ...
healthcare system. The access to care domain was measured through the lens of affordability and timeliness. Measures of affordability included patient reports of avoiding medical care because of cost, having exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses, struggling to pay medical bills, an...
Lack of insurance coverage, high costs, and poor outcomes are well-documented problems in the US health care system, and policies to address them have been hotly debated for decades. However, complexity is another underappreciated problem that hinders access and affordability and is more difficult ...
and MDR-TB care and control in a number of Chinese provinces to improve access to, and affordability for, quality TB care. One major challenge in tackling TB epidemic in China is how TB services can be effectively financed and delivered under the context of the on-going health system reform...