Journal article
Structural Racism-Related State Laws and Healthcare Access Among Black, Latine, and White U.S. Adults
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
28 Mar 2024
PMID: 38546945
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Abstract
Racialized healthcare inequities in the USA remain glaring, yet root causes are understudied. To address this gap, we created a state-level structural racism legal index (SRLI) using the Structural Racism-Related State Law Database and analyzed its association with racialized inequities in four outcomes (lacking health insurance coverage, lacking a personal doctor, avoiding care due to cost, lacking a routine check-up) from the 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (N = 454,834). To obtain predicted probabilities by SRLI quartiles (Q1 = less structural racism, Q4 = more structural racism) and racialized group, we fit survey-weighted multilevel logistic models adjusted for individual- and state-level covariates. We found substantial healthcare access inequities across racialized groups within SRLI quartiles and less pronounced, but still meaningful, inequities within racialized groups across SRLI quartiles. For example, the predicted probabilities of lacking health insurance coverage across SRLI quartiles ranged from 13 to 20% among Black adults, 31 to 41% among Latine adults, and 8 to 11% among White adults. Across racialized groups in Q4 states, predicted probabilities ranged from 11% among White adults to 41% among Latine adults. Similar patterns were observed for lacking a personal doctor and avoiding care due to cost. Findings underscore the need to address structural racism in laws and policies to mitigate these inequities.
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- Title
- Structural Racism-Related State Laws and Healthcare Access Among Black, Latine, and White U.S. Adults
- Creators
- Dougie Zubizarreta - Harvard UniversityAriel L Beccia - Boston Children's HospitalJarvis T Chen - Harvard UniversityJaquelyn L Jahn - Drexel UniversityS Bryn Austin - Boston Children's HospitalMadina Agénor - Brown University
- Publication Details
- Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Grant note
- 1F32MD017452-01 / NIMHD NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001194681400003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85188940969
- Other Identifier
- 991021865014004721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health