2021
Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2018
Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Lu Y, Valero-Elizondo J, Massey D, Annapureddy AR, Roy B, Riley C, Murugiah K, Onuma O, Nunez-Smith M, Forman HP, Nasir K, Herrin J, Krumholz HM. Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2018. JAMA 2021, 326: 637-648. PMID: 34402830, PMCID: PMC8371573, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.9907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care accessFair health statusSelf-reported health statusCare accessHealth statusWhite individualsEthnic differencesLatino/HispanicNational Health Interview Survey dataSerial cross-sectional studySelf-reported functional limitationsBlack individualsHealth Interview Survey dataLow incomeCross-sectional studyCross-sectional survey studyInterview Survey dataSelf-reported raceSelf-report measuresMAIN OUTCOMEUS adultsFunctional limitationsPercentage of peopleSignificant decreaseAdults
2020
Racial Health Disparities, COVID‐19, and a Way Forward for US Health Systems
Tiako MJN, Forman HP, Nuñez‐Smith M. Racial Health Disparities, COVID‐19, and a Way Forward for US Health Systems. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2020, 16: 50-52. PMID: 33357329, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3545.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Medicaid Patients Have Greater Difficulty Scheduling Health Care Appointments Compared With Private Insurance Patients: A Meta-Analysis
Hsiang WR, Lukasiewicz A, Gentry M, Kim CY, Leslie MP, Pelker R, Forman HP, Wiznia DH. Medicaid Patients Have Greater Difficulty Scheduling Health Care Appointments Compared With Private Insurance Patients: A Meta-Analysis. INQUIRY The Journal Of Health Care Organization Provision And Financing 2019, 56: 0046958019838118. PMID: 30947608, PMCID: PMC6452575, DOI: 10.1177/0046958019838118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care appointmentsCare appointmentsMedicaid patientsAppointment availabilityLower likelihoodPrimary care appointmentsHealth service accessibilityAudit studyPrivate insurance patientsMedicaid insuranceSpecialty appointmentsRelative riskInsurance patientsPatientsMeta-AnalysisSecondary analysisPrivate insurancePatient scenariosPhysician practicesAppointmentsMedicaidService accessibilityGreat difficultyDisparitiesStudy