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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Provider-Related Barriers to Health Care for Children in California After the ACA
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Provider-Related Barriers to Health Care for Children in California After the ACA

Cinthya K. Alberto, Jessie Kemmick Pintor, Ryan M. McKenna, Dylan H. Roby and Alexander N. Ortega
Global pediatric health, v 6, pp 2333794-2333794X19828356
Jan 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X19828356
PMID: 30793014
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine disparities in provider-related barriers to health care by race and ethnicity of children in California after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). California Health Interview Survey child (0-11 years) survey data from 2014 to 2016 were used to conduct multivariable logistic regressions to estimate the odds of reporting any provider-related barrier, trouble finding a doctor, child’s health insurance not accepted by provider, and child not being accepted as a new patient. Compared with parents of non-Latino white children, parents of non-Latino black, Latino, Asian, and other/multiracial children were not more likely to report experiencing any of the 4 provider-related barrier measures. The associations between children’s race and ethnicity and parents’ reports of provider-related barriers were nonsignificant. Findings demonstrate that there are no significant racial/ethnic differences in provider-related barriers to health care for children in California in the post-ACA era.

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