Findings from S. Rutman and Colleagues Update Understanding of Healthcare Economics [Health Care Access and Use by Urban American Indians and Alaska…

Findings from S. Rutman and Colleagues Update Understanding of Healthcare Economics [Health Care Access and Use by Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey (2006-09)]

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine. According to news reporting originating in Seattle, Washington, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Health disparities between American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) and non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs) may be partially explained in terms of health care access and utilization. We examined access to and utilization of health care for urban AI/ANs and NHWs in National Health Interview Survey data (2006-09)."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, "Significant disparities exist for urban AI/ANs compared with urban NHWs. More AI/ANs are uninsured than NHWs, and more cited cost as the reason. More AI/ANs cannot afford needed medical care and more AI/ANs had not talked with a health care professional in the past year plus. Urban AI/ANs have decreased health care utilization and greater barriers to access compared with NHWs."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Study data on the magnitude of disparity between urban AI/ANs and NHWs provides needed information to improve health care access and use in this population and can serve as a baseline for understanding the impact of health care reform."

For more information on this research see: Health Care Access and Use by Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey (2006-09). Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2016;27(3):1521-1536. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved can be contacted at: Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Journals Publishing Division, 2715 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363, USA (see also Health and Medicine).

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Indian Hlth Board, Seattle, WA 98144, United States. Additional authors for this research include L. Phillips and A. Sparck.

Keywords for this news article include: Seattle, Washington, United States, North and Central America, Health and Medicine.

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