The role of health insurance coverage in reducing racial/ethnic disparities in health care - Expanding coverage should be a major part of any strategy to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in health care.
The role of health insurance coverage in reducing racial/ethnic disparities in health care - Expanding coverage should be a major part of any strategy to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in health care.
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DOI：
10.1377/hlthaff.24.2.398
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
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影响因子：
9.7
通讯作者：
Hoffman, C
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作者：
Lillie-Blanton, M;Hoffman, C
研究表明，拥有类似保险的人在获得医疗保健方面存在种族/族裔差异，这引发了人们对医疗保险在多大程度上改善保健机会的疑问。为了评估扩大保险是否有望减少获得医疗保健的种族/民族差异，本文回顾了专门为量化医疗保险对获得医疗服务的种族/民族差异的贡献而设计的研究的证据。这些研究提供的证据表明，如果拉美裔和非裔美国人的保险水平与白人相当，那么一个人是否有定期护理来源的差异可能会减少相当大的比例。
Research showing racial/ethnic disparities in medical care obtained by people with comparable insurance has raised questions about the extent to which health insurance improves opportunities for care. To assess whether insurance expansions could be expected to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in access to care, this paper reviews evidence from studies specifically designed to quantify the contribution of health insurance to racial/ethnic disparities in access. The studies provide evidence that a sizable share of the differences in whether a person has a regular source of care could be reduced if Hispanics and African Americans were insured at levels comparable to those of whites.