Insurance + Access != Health Care: Typology of Barriers to Health Care Access for Low-Income Families
The Annals of Family MedicinePublished 1 November 2007Open access
Jennifer E. DeVoe, Amado Alejandro Báez, Heather Angier, Lisa Krois, Charlotta Edlund, Patricia A. Carney
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The authors' analyses uncovered a 3-part typology of barriers to health care for low-income families: lack of insurance coverage, poor access to services, and unaffordable costs.
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Barriers to health care can be insurmountable for low-income families, even those with insurance coverage. Patients who do not seek care in a family medicine clinic are not necessarily getting their care elsewhere.
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