Access to Care

HSC closely monitors changes in access to and quality of health care from the viewpoint of consumers and physicians. Studies about access to care include the uninsured and those with low incomes, as well as racial and ethnic minorities and people with chronic conditions.

Title	Date	Document Info
What’s the Difference Between HMOs and Non-HMOs?: National Survey of Consumers Finds Limited Disparities with Non-HMO Plans	March 16, 2000	Conference Executive Summary
Why People Change Their Health Care ProvidersMarie C. Reed	May 2000	Data Bulletin No. 16
Do HMOs Make a Difference?James D. Reschovsky, Peter Kemper, Ha T. Tu, Timothy K. Lake, Holly L. Wong	March 2000	Issue Brief No. 28
Do HMOs Make a Difference?	March 9, 2000	Conference Transcript
Local Innovations Provide Managed Care for the UninsuredLaurie E. Felland, Cara S. Lesser	January 2000	Issue Brief No. 25
The Scope of Care Expected of Primary Care Physicians:Robert F. St. Peter, Marie C. Reed, Peter Kemper, David Blumenthal	December 1999	Issue Brief No. 24
Managed Care Cost Pressures Threaten Access for the Uninsured	March 1999	Issue Brief No. 19
Public Health Departments Adapt to Medicaid Managed CareRose Marie Martinez, Elizabeth Closter	November 1998	Issue Brief No. 16
The Uninsured Getting Care:Peter J. Cunningham, Peter Kemper	September 1998	Issue Brief No. 15
Gatekeeping Arrangements in Widespread UseRobert F. St. Peter	Fall 1997	Data Bulletin No. 07
Primary Care Physicians Concerned about Patients' Access to Mental Health ServicesMiriam Shuchman, Robert F. St. Peter	Fall 1997	Data Bulletin No. 06
Satisfaction and Quality:Marie C. Reed, Robert F. St. Peter	Fall 1997	Data Bulletin No. 03
Access to Specialists:Robert F. St. Peter	Fall 1997	Data Bulletin No. 02
Access to Care:Cara S. Lesser, Peter J. Cunningham	Fall 1997	Data Bulletin No. 01
Access to Health Care:Heidi H. Whitmore	April 1997	Issue Brief No. 08
Tracking Changes in the Public Health System:	September 1996	Issue Brief No. 02