New Public Health Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at University of Florida (Patient-centered care factors and access to care: a path analysis using the Andersen behavior model)

2019 MAY 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Research findings on Health and Medicine - Public Health are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Gainesville, United States, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Using the Andersen behavioral model, we examined the complex relationships among geographic access to care, financial disadvantage, patient-centered care factors, and access to care outcomes. This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study of the US civilian non-institutionalized population.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Florida, “Our analytic sample included 15,787 US adults aged 18 years or older who had health insurance coverage for a full year in Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2014-2015. Structural equation modeling was used to determine the associations among usual source of care, travel time to provider, financial disadvantage, patient-centered care factors (perceived interaction with health provider, shared decision-making, and value of health care), and access to care (perceived access to care and unmet need of health services). Our analysis showed that patient-centered care factors were associated with improved perceived access to care (b=0.03 to 0.56, p=.002) and reduced unmet needs of health care (b=-0.03 to -0.17, p=.03 to <.001). Although longer travel time to provider and having financial disadvantage of paying medical bills had negative effects on access to care outcomes, these associations were mediated by patient-centered care quality factors. Our findings suggest that better patient-centered care factors are associated with enhanced patient access to care.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Efforts that focus on improving patient experience could be an effective approach along with coverage expansion to enhance access to quality care.”

For more information on this research see: Patient-centered care factors and access to care: a path analysis using the Andersen behavior model. Public Health, 2019;171():41-49. Public Health can be contacted at: Nature Publishing Group, 345 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1707, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Public Health - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/public-health/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Y.R. Hong, Dept. of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States. Additional authors for this research include S.K. Samuels, J.H. Huo, N. Lee, H. Mansoor and R.P Duncan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2019.03.020. 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.

The publisher of the journal Public Health can be contacted at: Nature Publishing Group, 345 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1707, USA.

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