Investigators at Drexel University Report Findings in Medical Research (The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access and Utilization Among Asian American Subgroups)

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2019 NOV 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Research findings on Health and Medicine - Medical Research are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “We examined changes in health care access and utilization associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) for different Asian American subgroups relative to non-Latino whites (whites). Using 2003-2017 California Health Interview Survey data, we examined changes in 4 health care access measures and 2 utilization measures among whites and 7 Asian American subgroups.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Drexel University, “We estimated the unadjusted and adjusted percentage point changes on the absolute scale from the pre-ACA to post-ACA periods. Adjusted estimates were obtained from multivariable logistic regression models that controlled for predisposing, enabling, and need factors. We also estimated the pre-ACA to post-ACA changes between whites and Asian American subgroups using a difference-in-difference approach. After the ACA was implemented, uninsurance decreased among all Asian American subgroups, but improvements in disparities relative to whites in these measures were limited. In particular, Koreans had the largest absolute reduction in uninsurance (-16.8 percentage points) and were the only subgroup with a significant reduction in terms of disparities relative to whites (-10.1 percentage points). However, little or no improvement was observed in the other 3 access measures (having a usual source of care, delayed medical care in past year, or delayed prescription drug use in past year) and 2 utilization measures (having a physician visit or emergency department visit in past year).”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Despite coverage gains among Asian American subgroups, especially Koreans, disparities in access and utilization persisted across all Asian American subgroups.”

For more information on this research see: The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access and Utilization Among Asian American Subgroups. Medical Care, 2019;57(11):861-868. Medical Care can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Medical Care - http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/pages/default.aspx)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S. Park, Drexel University, Dornsife School of Public Health, Dept. of Health Management and Policy, 3125 Market St, Nesbitt Hall 3RD Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Additional authors for this research include J.P. Stimpson, J.K. Pintor, R.M. McKenna, A.N. Ortega, D.H. Roby and J. Chen.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000001202. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.