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Background: No current consensus exists on the causal effect of gaining or losing health
insurance on health care utilization and health outcomes. Objective: To systemically search …

Economic downturns lead to lost income and increased poverty. Although high
unemployment almost certainly also increases material hardship and government transfers …

Although there is a vast amount of literature on differences in the perceived experiences of
general health care among different racial/ethnic groups, few studies have examined the …

PURPOSE Electronic Health Record (EHR) databases in community health centers (CHCs)
present new opportunities for quality improvement, comparative effectiveness, and health …

Objectives. This study assessed possible associations between recessions and changes in
the magnitude of social disparities in foregone health care, building on previous studies that …

BACKGROUND The Oregon Medicaid lottery provided a unique opportunity to assess the
causal impacts of health insurance on cancer screening rates within the framework of a …

Purpose Research on urban/rural disparities in alcohol, drug use, and mental health (ADM)
conditions is inconsistent. This study describes ADM condition prevalence and access to …

Objectives. We determined how elimination of dental benefits among adult Medicaid
beneficiaries in Oregon affected their access to dental care, Medicaid expenditures, and use …

Importance The Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy (LIS) program provides millions of
beneficiaries with drug plan premium and cost-sharing assistance. The extent to which LIS …