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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Health insurance status"”.
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Self-Concept and Health Insurance Status Among Adults in Omaha, NE
… 2021, there are over 132,000 Nebraskans without health insurance coverage compared to 157,900 in 2017. Over time, many have qualified for health insurance through Medicaid, the health insurance marketplace created through the Affordable Care Act, or insurance through an employer. The purpose of …
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Health care in the United States: How the determinants of health insurance status differ across regions
… differences in the incidence and predictors of health insurance status across region (i.e. West, Midwest, South, and Northeast) for individuals age 18 and older. The data suggests that: 1) Individuals from the Northeast are the most likely to have some form of health insurance, while individuals …
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Comparing health insurance status of Congolese and African American communities of Stone Creek Church in Champaign Urbana
When it comes to health insurance status in the U.S, minorities represent the largest uninsured group due to various factors such as unemployment status, lack of education, and poverty. The last recession has worsened the situation by increasing the number of uninsured across the country (KFF, …
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Insurance Choice And The Demand For Prescription Drugs Among Individuals With Chronic Conditions
<p>This study explores insurance choice of the chronically ill non-elderly adults and their utilization and expenditures on prescription drugs. Discrete factor model is used to estimate an individual's probability of any drug use and the conditional level of utilization and associated out-of-pocket …
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Knowledge of Stroke Symptom and Risk Factors and Acculturation Among Cambodian Immigrants Living in Southern California
… between age, gender, educational level, health insurance status, and income to level of acculturation and knowledge of stroke symptom and risk factors recognition among Cambodian immigrants (<em>n</em>=200) living in Southern California. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation, …
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Personal Beliefs About the Effectiveness of a Primary Seat Belt Law in Virginia Versus North Carolina
… Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ), education level, health insurance status, population density, and state of residence correlate with these beliefs. Education level and the sum of the DBQ Errors subscale were the two significant contributors in the omnibus model for how effective one believed a …
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Association of Having a Primary Care Provider and Visiting a Mental Health Professional
… care provider (PCP) with visiting a mental health provider (MHP) in the past year among a nationally representative sample. Data came from the 2011-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Respondents were coded as seeing an MHP within the past year (no/yes) from the …
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Family medicine patients and mental health referrals: implications for primary care physicians
… Care Physician (PCP) referred them to mental health treatment. Participants were 116 adults who were at the Family Medicine Center (FMC) in Fort Collins, Colorado, for medical appointments. Participants completed a questionnaire which measured demographic information, socioeconomic and health …
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License to Discriminate: Structural Stigma and Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Health
… gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons’ stigmatized status impacts their health relative to heterosexuals. However, less research has examined how differences in stigma towards LGB people across geographic locales influences these health differentials. This dissertation draws upon structural stigma …
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Health Service Utilization Among Chinese, Filipino, And Asian Indian Older Adults In The United States
… of this study are:: 1) to describe and compare health service needs and health insurance coverage among Chinese, Filipino, and Asian Indian older adults;: 2) to use modified Andersen's behavior model to identify what predisposing factors, enabling factors, need factors, and immigrant-related …
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Spatial Healthcare Access: Measurement, Health-Related Outcomes, and Healthcare Utilization
Healthcare delivery and access to health services are vital determinants of population health. Thus, a core goal of healthcare systems is to ensure access, i.e., that those in need of care are able to use health services. Access to care should be equal for the whole population, irrespective of …
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Investigating the Impact of Employment and Demographic Factors on Health Among Bereaved Adults: A Quantitative Approach
… demographic characteristics are associated with health among working-age adults. The Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) offered a large dataset for examining these relationships.</p> <p>This retrospective, exploratory, correlational quantitative study used the 2019 and …
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DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR IN GHANA
Health can be described as both a product and a process of life, and is necessary for human wellbeing, overall quality of life and productivity. While health is generally desirable, many factors affect health and health outcomes of individuals and populations the world over. Virtually all …
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Modelling malnutrition among under-five-year-old children in Ghana
… problem and one of the global major public health challenges, especially in developing countries like Ghana. Several attempts from governmental and non-governmental organizations to address the problem have fallen below expectation. It is recognised that the existing studies and nutrition …
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Three Essays on Health Care
… of how countries should optimally structure health care. Especially, there are two important economic and policy questions asked that extend beyond the area of health economics. The first is how the expansion of health insurance coverage affects the utilization and health of its beneficiaries …
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Examining Mass Media, Depression Literacy, and Public Mental Health Stigma Among the Latinx Population Residing in Nontraditional Receiving Communities
… access to, utilization, and quality of mental health care for depression, even after adjusting for health insurance status and socioeconomic factors. Access and utilization are critical, as depression is one of the most disabling mental health conditions among Latinx adults, reporting almost …
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Factors associated with partial health insurance coverage among households in Malawi
Health insurance has proven ideal for curbing the increase in household contribution towards health expenditure. However, despite efforts to expand health insurance in Sub-Saharan Africa, coverage has remained low and favouring higher-income groups. Malawi is among the countries that face this low …