Abstract
Reducing health disparities is a key goal set by Healthy People 2010. Barriers to service provision include travel distance to a provider, racial and ethnic dissimilarities between service providers and recipients, and living in rural as opposed to urban environments. Each of these barriers to care should independently influence consumer satisfaction with Medicaid services, and combined, should paint a more detailed picture than previously possible. This study was designed to evaluate the relative contributions of these three barriers to care on satisfaction with Medicaid health and mental health services.
Original language | American English |
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State | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- health disparities
- provider effects
Disciplines
- Medicine and Health Sciences
- Social and Behavioral Sciences