Open AccessState Medicaid Expansion, Community Interventions, and Health Care Disparities in a United States–Mexico Border Community
Author(s) -
Brent A. Langellier,
Jill Guernsey de Zapien,
Cecilia Rosales,
Maia Ingram,
Scott C. Carvajal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302013
Subject(s) - medicaid , psychological intervention , medicine , health care , poverty , environmental health , public health , health equity , gerontology , health insurance , socioeconomic status , family medicine , population , nursing , economic growth , economics
We investigated whether access to and use of health care services increased among residents of a low-income, predominantly Mexican American border community affected by the expansion of Arizona's Medicaid program in 2001 and multiple community-level programs and policies.