Access to Care

HSC closely monitors changes in access to and quality of health care from the viewpoint of consumers and physicians. Studies about access to care include the uninsured and those with low incomes, as well as racial and ethnic minorities and people with chronic conditions.

Title	Date	Document Info
How Does Health Coverage and Access to Care for Immigrants Vary by Length of Time in the U.S.? Peter J. Cunningham, Samantha Artiga	June 9, 2009	Kaiser Family Foundation Report
Do Reimbursement Delays Discourage Medicaid Participation by Physicians? Peter J. Cunningham, Ann S. O'Malley	Nov. 18, 2008	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Do Primary Care Physicians Treating Minority Patients Report Problems Delivering High-Quality Care? James D. Reschovsky, Ann S. O'Malley	April 22, 2008	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Effects of Changes in Incomes and Practice Circumstances on Physicians' Decisions to Treat Charity and Medicaid Patients Peter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley	March 2008	Journal ArticleThe Milbank Quarterly
Financial Burden of Health Care, 2001-2004 Jessica S. Banthin, Peter J. Cunningham, Didem M. Bernard	January/February 2008	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Overburdened and Overwhelmed: The Struggles of Communities with High Medical Cost Burdens Peter J. Cunningham	November 2007	Research Report
The Health Care Safety Net: What is It, What Good Does It Do, and Will It Still be There When We Need It? Peter J. Cunningham	Fall 2007	Journal ArticleHarvard Health Policy Review
Differences Between Symptom-Specific and General Survey Questions of Unmet Need in Measuring Insurance and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to Care Peter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley	September 2007	Journal ArticleMedical Care
Identifying Affordable Sources of Medical Care Among Uninsured Persons Peter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley, Genevieve Kenney, Amy J. Davidoff	January 2007	Journal ArticleHealth Services Research
Would Safety-Net Expansions Offset Reduced Access Resulting from Lost Insurance Coverage? Race/Ethnicity Differences Jack Hadley, Peter J. Cunningham, J. Lee Hargraves	November/December 2006	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Health Coverage and Access to Care for Hispanics in New Growth Communities and Major Hispanic Centers Peter J. Cunningham, Michelle I. Banker, Samantha Artiga, Jennifer Tolbert	Sept. 21, 2006	Research Report
Immunization Disparities in Older Americans Ann S. O'Malley, Christopher B Forrest	August 2006	Journal ArticleAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine
What Accounts for Differences in the Use of Hospital Emergency Departments Across U.S. Communities? Peter J. Cunningham	July 18, 2006	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
The Struggle to Provide Community-Based Care to Low-Income People with Serious Mental Illnesses Peter J. Cunningham, Kelly L. McKenzie, Erin Fries Taylor	May/June 2006	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Community Approaches to Providing Care for the Uninsured Erin Fries Taylor, Peter J. Cunningham, Kelly L. McKenzie	April 11, 2006	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Medicaid/SCHIP Cuts and Hospital Emergency Department Use Peter J. Cunningham	January/February 2006	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
A Widening Rift in Access and Quality: Growing Evidence of Economic Disparities Robert E. Hurley, Hoangmai H. Pham, Gary Claxton	Dec. 6, 2005	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
The Effects of Medicaid Reimbursement on the Access to Care of Medicaid Enrollees: A Community Perspective Peter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols	December 2005	Journal ArticleMedical Care Research and Review
Disparities Despite Coverage Ann S. O'Malley, Christopher B. Forrest, Shibao Feng, Jeanne Mandelblatt	Oct. 10, 2005	Journal ArticleArchives of Internal Medicine
Access and Quality: Does Rural America Lag Behind? James D. Reschovsky, Andrea Staiti	July/August 2005	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Medicaid Cost Containment and Access to Prescription Drugs Peter J. Cunningham	May/June 2005	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Health Center Trends, 1994-2001: What do They Portend for the Federal Growth Initiative? Ann S. O'Malley, Christopher B. Forrest, Robert M. Politzer, John T. Wulu, Leiya Shi	March/April 2005	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Availability of Safety Net Providers and Access to Care of Uninsured Persons Jack Hadley, Peter J. Cunningham	October 2004	Journal ArticleHealth Services Research
Primary Care Doctors Who Treat Blacks and Whites Peter B. Bach, Hoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, Ramsey C. Tate, J. Lee Hargraves	Aug. 5, 2004	Journal ArticleNew England Journal of Medicine
Expanding Care Versus Expanding Coverage: How to Improve Access to Care Peter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley	July/August 2004	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Changes in Medicaid Physician Fees, 1998-2003: Implications For Physician Participation Stephen Zuckerman, Joshua McFeeters, Peter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols	June 23, 2004	Journal ArticleHealth Affairs
Myths About The Uninsured	March 9, 2004	Congressional Testimony
The Contribution of Insurance Coverage and Community Resources to Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to Care J. Lee Hargraves, Jack Hadley	June 2003	Journal ArticleHealth Services Research,
The Resilience of the Health Care Safety Net, 1996-2001 Laurie E. Felland, Cara S. Lesser, Andrea Staiti, Aaron Katz, Patricia Lichiello	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal ArticleHealth Services Research
Affording Prescription Drugs: Not Just a Problem for the Elderly Peter J. Cunningham	April 2002	Research Report No. 5
Written Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Ways and Means	Feb. 28, 2002	Testimony
The Health Status of Workers Who Decline Employer-Sponsored Insurance: Linda J. Blumberg, Len M. Nichols	November 2001	Health Affairs
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Medical Care in Managed Care Plans J. Lee Hargraves, Peter J. Cunningham, Robert G. Hughes	October 2001	Health Services Research
Do Consumers Know How Their Health Plan Works? Peter J. Cunningham, Charles Denk, Michael Sinclair	March/April 2001	Health Affairs
Update on the Nation’s Health Care System: Cara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2000	Health Affairs
Health Plan Switching: Peter J. Cunningham, Linda T. Kohn	May/June 2000	Health Affairs
Does Type of Health Insurance Affect Health Care Use and Assessments of Care Among the Privately Insured? James D. Reschovsky, Peter Kemper, Ha T. Tu	April 2000	Health Services Research
Do HMOs Make a Difference? James D. Reschovsky, Peter Kemper	Winter 1999/2000	Inquiry
Do HMOs Make a Difference? James D. Reschovsky	Winter 1999/2000	Inquiry
Do HMOs Make a Difference? James D. Reschovsky	Winter 1999/2000	Inquiry
Do HMOs Make a Difference? Ha T. Tu, Peter Kemper, Holly L. Wong	Winter 1999/2000	Inquiry
Do HMOs Make a Difference? Timothy K. Lake	Winter 1999/2000	Inquiry
Do HMOs Make a Difference? Peter Kemper, James D. Reschovsky, Ha T. Tu	Winter 1999/2000	Inquiry
Changes in Scope of Care Provided by Primary Care Physicians Robert F. St. Peter, Marie C. Reed, Peter Kemper, David Blumenthal	December 23, 1999	The New England Journal of Medicine
Managed Care and Physicians' Provision of Charity Care Peter J. Cunningham, Joy M. Grossman, Robert F. St. Peter, Cara S. Lesser	March 24-31, 1999	Journal of the American Medical Association
Pressures on the Health Care Safety Net: Peter J. Cunningham	April 1999	Health Services Research
Staying in the Game: Raymond J. Baxter, Rachel L. Feldman	March 1999	Research Report No. 03
Ability to Obtain Medical Care for the Uninsured Peter J. Cunningham, Peter Kemper	September 9, 1998	Journal of the American Medical Association
How Well Do Communities Perform on Access to Care for the Uninsured Peter J. Cunningham, Heidi H. Whitmore	September 1998	Research Report No. 01
A Changing Picture of Uncompensated Care Peter J. Cunningham, Ha T. Tu	July/August 1997	Health Affairs
Snapshots of Change in Fifteen Communities: James R. Knickman	Summer 1996	Health Affairs
Snapshots of Change in Fifteen Communities: Debra J. Lipson, Naomi Naierman	Summer 1996	Health Affairs