Primary care appointment availability for Medicaid patients: comparing traditional and premium assistance plans
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
- Author(s):
- Basseyn, Simon, author Saloner, Brendan, author Kenney, Genevieve M., author Wissoker, Douglas, author Polsky, Daniel, author Rhodes, Karin V., author
- Contributor(s):
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, July 2016
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Appointments and Schedules Health Insurance Exchanges -- statistics & numerical data Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data Primary Health Care Waiting Lists Adult Private Sector State Government Humans Arkansas Iowa United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- KEY FINDINGS: In 2014, Arkansas and Iowa expanded their Medicaid programs and enrolled many of their adult beneficiaries in commercial Marketplace plans. This study suggests that this "private option" may make it easier for new Medicaid patients to get primary care appointments.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101691455 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101691455