Improving representation in telephone-based health care access surveys requires purposeful efforts to include prepaid cell phone users

Access to health care and its impact on health status had been at the forefront of American health policy well before the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Four years after ACA implementation, the American public still rates health care as a top priority [1]. To better understand the impact ACA has upon access to health care (e.g., insurance, primary care, preventive care, unmet medical needs) and health status, states such as California, Colorado, and Ohio, all of which expanded Medicaid to include persons up to 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL) ($28,767 in 2018), conduct surveys of residents to estimate uninsured rates, health status, and access and utilization of care [2 –4].

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - December 5, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Marcus E. Berzofsky, Caroline B. Scruggs, Bo Lu, Howard Speizer, Timothy Sahr Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research