Reports of insurance-based discrimination in health care and its association with access to care

We examined reports of insurance-based discrimination and its association with insurance type and access to care in the early years of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We used data from the 2013 Minnesota Health Access Survey to identify 4123 Minnesota adults aged 18 to 64 years who r...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2015-07, Vol.105 Suppl 3 (S3), p.S517-S525
Main Authors: Han, Xinxin, Call, Kathleen Thiede, Pintor, Jessie Kemmick, Alarcon-Espinoza, Giovann, Simon, Alisha Baines
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Discrimination
Discrimination, Psychological
Female
Health care access
Health Care Facilities/Services
Health care policy
Health insurance
Health Policy
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Insurance coverage
Insurance Coverage - statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Health - statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Minnesota
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Public health
Research and Practice
Surveys and Questionnaires
Uninsured people
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Summary:We examined reports of insurance-based discrimination and its association with insurance type and access to care in the early years of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We used data from the 2013 Minnesota Health Access Survey to identify 4123 Minnesota adults aged 18 to 64 years who reported about their experiences of insurance-based discrimination. We modeled the association between discrimination and insurance type and predicted odds of having reduced access to care among those reporting discrimination, controlling for sociodemographic factors. Data were weighted to represent the state's population. Reports of insurance-based discrimination were higher among uninsured (25%) and publicly insured (21%) adults than among privately insured adults (3%), which held in the regression analysis. Those reporting discrimination had higher odds of lacking a usual source of care, lacking confidence in getting care, forgoing care because of cost, and experiencing provider-level barriers than those who did not. Further research and policy interventions are needed to address insurance-based discrimination in health care settings.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302668