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Kevin H Nguyen1, Carlos Irwin A Oronce, Alexander C Adia
1Author Affiliations: Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Nguyen and Mr Yeh); Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California (Drs Oronce and Ponce); UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (Drs Oronce and Ponce); Filipinx/a/o Community Health Association (Drs Oronce and Ponce, Mr Adia); Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Dr Oronce); Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California (Dr Oronce); and Department of Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California (Mr Adia).
Abstract:
We examined self-reported inability to access to needed medical care and reasons for not accessing medical care among US-representative adult Medicaid enrollees, disaggregated across 10 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander ethnic groups. Chinese (-4.54 percentage points [PP], P < .001), Other Asian (-4.42 PP, P < .001), and Native Hawaiian (-4.36 PP, P < .001) enrollees were significantly less likely to report being unable to access needed medical care compared with non-Hispanic White enrollees. The most common reason reported was that a health plan would not approve, cover, or pay for care. Mitigating inequities may require different interventions specific to certain ethnic groups.
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