Researchers from Harvard University Provide Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Managed Care (Promoting Health Equity Through Poverty Alleviation Policy: Factors Associated With Receipt of the 2021 Us Child Tax Credit In a …): Managed Care

2023 NOV 01 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Managed Care are presented in a new report. According to news originating from Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The 2021 temporary expansion of the U.S. Child Tax Credit (CTC) was a potent policy that addressed poverty as a critical social determinant of health.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Harvard University, “Yet policies can only have their intended effects if they are implemented appropriately, and it is well known that not all who were eligible for the CTC received it. In this study, we investigated which individual-and state-level factors were correlated with receipt of the 2021 expanded CTC among eligible families. We used data from the U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey and included 76,994 CTC-eligible individuals. We used multivariable logistic regressions to evaluate individual-and state-level factors associated with self-reported CTC receipt during July-December 2021. Roughly two-thirds of the CTC-eligible sample reported CTC receipt. CTC receipt was higher among eligible individuals who were female, aged 35-44 years (relative to younger individuals), Black, and married. Receipt was also higher among those with at least some college education, two or more children, and family income above $25,000, and among recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid. For state-level factors, SNAP and Medicaid caseloads and the state earned income tax credit rate were associated with decreased receipt.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “As Congress debates whether to make the CTC expansion permanent, this study provides timely evidence to inform poverty alleviation programs to increase participation among eligible and marginalized groups and achieve health equity.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Promoting Health Equity Through Poverty Alleviation Policy: Factors Associated With Receipt of the 2021 Us Child Tax Credit In a Nationwide Sample. Preventive Medicine, 2023;175. Preventive Medicine can be contacted at: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Preventive Medicine - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/preventive-medicine/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Rita Hamad, Harvard University, Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, MA, United States. Additional authors for this research include Amy Yunyu Chiang and Akansha Batra.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107717. 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.

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