Open AccessDisparities in Biomarkers for Patients With Diabetes After the Affordable Care Act
Author(s) -
Miguel Marino,
Heather Angier,
Katie Fankhauser,
Steele Valenzuela,
Megan Hoopes,
John Heintzman,
Jennifer E. DeVoe,
Laura Moreno,
Nathalie Huguet
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001257
Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , hazard ratio , confidence interval , ethnic group , diabetes mellitus , proportional hazards model , demography , gerontology , health equity , retrospective cohort study , cohort , cohort study , patient protection and affordable care act , environmental health , health care , public health , nursing , endocrinology , sociology , anthropology , economics , economic growth
Racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by diabetes and at greater risk of experiencing poor diabetes-related outcomes compared with non-Hispanic whites. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented to increase health insurance coverage and reduce health disparities.