Racial/Ethnic Minority Older Adults’ Perspectives on Proposed Medicaid Reforms’ Effects on Dental Care Access

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ID11021052
AutoresMary E Northridge (0000-0003-0358-8930, Mary E. Northridge and Ariel P. Greenblatt are with the Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York. Ivette Estrada and Carol Kunzel are with the Section of Population Oral Health, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York. Eric W. Schrimshaw is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York. Sara S. Metcalf is with the Department of Geography, State University of New York,...), Ivette Estrada (Mary E. Northridge and Ariel P. Greenblatt are with the Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York. Ivette Estrada and Carol Kunzel are with the Section of Population Oral Health, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York. Eric W. Schrimshaw is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York. Sara S. Metcalf is with the Department of Geography, State University of New York,...), Eric W Schrimshaw (0000-0003-2755-1796, Mary E. Northridge and Ariel P. Greenblatt are with the Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York. Ivette Estrada and Carol Kunzel are with the Section of Population Oral Health, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York. Eric W. Schrimshaw is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York. Sara S. Metcalf is with the Department of Geography, State University of New York,...), Ariel Port Greenblatt (York University), Sara S Metcalf (0000-0003-1263-1902, Mary E. Northridge and Ariel P. Greenblatt are with the Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York. Ivette Estrada and Carol Kunzel are with the Section of Population Oral Health, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York. Eric W. Schrimshaw is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York. Sara S. Metcalf is with the Department of Geography, State University of New York,...), Carol Kunzel (Mary E. Northridge and Ariel P. Greenblatt are with the Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York. Ivette Estrada and Carol Kunzel are with the Section of Population Oral Health, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York. Eric W. Schrimshaw is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York. Sara S. Metcalf is with the Department of Geography, State University of New York,...)
Ano2017
Volume107
FascículoS1
PáginasS65-S70
Data de publicação2017-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2016.303640
PMID28640674
OpenAlexW2713482161
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas11

To examine how proposed Medicaid reform plans are experienced by racial/ethnic minority older adults and what the implications are for their ability to access dental care through Medicaid, from 2013 to 2015 we conducted focus groups in northern Manhattan, New York, New York, among African American, Dominican, and Puerto Rican adults aged 50 years and older. Participants reported problems with affording copayments for care, complicated health and social issues, the need for vision and dental care close to home, and confusion about and stigmatization with Medicaid coverage. Federal, state, and local public health agencies can help by clarifying and simplifying Medicaid plans and sustaining benefits that older adults need to live healthy and dignified lives

Confusion · Dental care · Ethnic group · Family medicine · Health care · Medicaid · Political science · Public health · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Psychology · Gerontology