Health-Care Access of Women Medicaid Recipients

Evidence of Disability-Based Disparities

Bibliographic Data

ID12365293
AuthorsSusan L Parish (0000-0001-9045-1750, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), M Jennifer Ellison-Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year2007
Volume18
Issue2
Pages109-116
Publication date2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Disability Policy Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1044-2073 • E-ISSN: 1538-4802
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10442073070180020101
OpenAlexW2079062424
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

Little is known about the health care received by women with disabilities, who comprise a substantial subset of the population. This article describes the health care of a national sample of low-income female Medicaid recipients. Despite having similar potential for care (health insurance, usual source of care, and having a physician as a usual source of care) as compared to nondisabled women, women with disabilities had substantially worse rates of receiving medical care and medication when they were needed and of cervical cancer screenings. Women with disabilities were also much less likely to be satisfied with their care than were nondisabled women. These results support calls to mandate quality-based reimbursement incentives within Medicaid, specifically for women with disabilities

Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Health insurance · Incentive · Mandate · Medicaid · Medical care · Population · Reimbursement · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes

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