Study Results from Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital Update Understanding of Veterans (Health Insurance Coverage Among Veterans Receiving Care From Va Health Care Facilities): Veterans

2021 NOV 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Defense & Aerospace Daily -- Investigators discuss new findings in Veterans. According to news reporting originating from Hines, Illinois, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Reasons for acquiring insurance outside Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care coverage among VA enrollees are incompletely understood. To assess Veterans’ decision-making and acquisition of non-VA health care insurance in the Affordable Care Act era, we used mailed questionnaires and semistructured interviews in a stratified random sample of VA enrollees <65 years in the Midwest.”

Financial support for this research came from US Department of Veterans Affairs.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, “Of the 3,666 survey participants, 32.1% reported non-VA insurance. Frequently reported reasons included wanting coverage for emergency situations or family members. Those without non-VA insurance cited unaffordability as the main obstacle. Analysis of the semistructured interview data revealed similar findings. In multivariable logistic regression analyses, characteristics associated with non-VA insurance included higher income (>$50,000 vs. <$10,000, odds ratio [OR] = 5.95, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.45-10.3, p< .001).”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “As financial barriers exist for acquisition of non-VA insurance and hence community care, it is critically important that VA enrollees’ health care needs are met through VA or community providers financed through VA.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Health Insurance Coverage Among Veterans Receiving Care From Va Health Care Facilities. Medical Care Research and Review, 2021. Medical Care Research and Review can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Kevin T. Stroupe, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Center of Innovation for Complejo Chronic Healthcare, 5000 South Sth Ave, 151 H, Hines, IL 60141, United States. Additional authors for this research include Rachael Martinez, Beverly Gonzalez, Elizabeth Tarlov, Abigail Silva, Zhiping Huo, Ibuola Kale, Dolores Ippolito, Chad Osteen, Neil Jordan, Dustin D. French, Howard Gordon, Michael J. Fischer, Bridget M. Smith, Timothy P. Hogan and Elisa J. Gordon.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/10775587211048661. 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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