Barriers to Access and Health Care Disparities Associated With Cochlear Implantation Among Adults in the United States

Health and access to care among employed and unemployed adults: United States, 2009-2010.

Lack of health insurance has been shown to be associated with problems obtaining needed health care (3), and the unemployed are less likely to have health insurance than are their employed counterparts. The number and rate of adults aged 18–64 years lacking health insurance has been increasing, in part due to the historically high unemployment rates. However, even having comprehensive health in...

Language barriers contribute to health care disparities for Latinos in the United States of America.

Epilepsy in adults and access to care--United States, 2010.

Epilepsy is a neurologic disorder that negatively affects the quality of life for millions of persons in the United States; however, nationally representative U.S. estimates of the prevalence of epilepsy are scant. To determine epilepsy prevalence among adults, assess their access to care, and provide baseline estimates for a Healthy People 2020 objective ("Increase the proportion of persons wi...

Barriers to Health Care for Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions: United States, 2012-2015.

KEY FINDINGS Data from the National Health Interview Survey •In 2015, the percentage of adults aged 18-64 who delayed or did not obtain needed medical care due to cost in the past 12 months was highest among those diagnosed with 2 or more of 10 selected chronic conditions (16.9%), and it was lowest among those with none of the selected conditions (8.5%). •The percentage of adults who delayed ne...

Health System Reform in the United States

In 2010, the United States adopted its first-ever comprehensive set of health system reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Implementation of the law, though politically contentious and controversial, has now reached a stage where reversal of most elements of the law is no longer feasible. The controversial portions of the law that expand affordable health insurance coverage to most U.S. cit...