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Medicaid Enrollees Receive Fewer Preventive Services From Physicians
A study published in Health Affairs has found that primary care physicians refer women Medicaid enrollees to fewer preventive services than do their counterparts with private insurance coverage.
A study published in Health Affairs has found that primary care physicians refer women Medicaid enrollees to fewer preventive services than do their counterparts with private insurance coverage.
Using data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, researchers at the Urban Institute examined how office-based primary care practices provided 5 recommended preventive services over a 5-year period. These services included clinical breast exams, pelvic exams, mammograms, Pap tests, and depression screening. The data were collected for visits between 2006 and 2010. The results: 26% of visits by women with Medicaid included at least 1 of the 5 services, compared with 31% of the visits by privately insured women.
According to the lead study author Stacey McMorrow, Medicaid patients were much less likely to receive a breast exam or a Pap test compared with their privately-insured counterparts.
Read more at Kaiser Health News: http://bit.ly/1LKfrpq
Frameworks for Advancing Health Equity: Urban Health Outreach
May 9th 2024In the series debut episode of "Frameworks for Advancing Health Equity," Mary Sligh, CRNP, and Chelsea Chappars, of Allegheny Health Network, explain how the Urban Health Outreach program aims to improve health equity for individuals experiencing homelessness.
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Study Highlights Significant Increases in Utilization, Spending on DMD Drugs in Medicaid
May 17th 2024The findings add to recent research on the growing utilization, expenditure, and prices of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) therapies in the current landscape, an area health care policy could potentially address.
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