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
Alabama’s Pass on Medicaid Expansion Leaves Birmingham’s Uninsured with Weak Safety NetHa T. Tu, Emily Carrier, Amanda E. Lechner, Kevin Draper	October 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Treading Water: Americans' Access to Needed Medical Care, 1997-2001Bradley C. Strunk, Peter J. Cunningham	March 2002	Tracking Report No. 1
Trends in Americans' Access to Needed Medical Care, 2001-2003Bradley C. Strunk, Peter J. Cunningham	August 2004	Tracking Report No. 10
A Growing Hole in the Safety Net: Physician Charity Care Declines AgainPeter J. Cunningham, Jessica H. May	March 2006	Tracking Report No. 13
Medicaid Patients Increasingly Concentrated Among PhysiciansPeter J. Cunningham, Jessica H. May	August 2006	Tracking Report No. 16
Falling Behind: Americans' Access to Medical Care Deteriorates, 2003-2007Peter J. Cunningham, Laurie E. Felland	June 2008	Tracking Report No. 19
The Insurance Gap and Minority Health Care, 1997-2001J. Lee Hargraves	June 2002	Tracking Report No. 2
Trade-Offs Getting Tougher: Problems Paying Medical Bills Increase for U.S. Families, 2003-2007Peter J. Cunningham	September 2008	Tracking Report No. 21
More Nonelderly Americans Face Problems Affording Prescription DrugsLaurie E. Felland, James D. Reschovsky	January 2009	Tracking Report No. 22
Access to Prescription Drugs for Medicare BeneficiariesJames D. Reschovsky, Laurie E. Felland	March 2009	Tracking Report No. 23
Financial and Health Burdens of Chronic Conditions GrowHa T. Tu, Genna R. Cohen	April 2009	Tracking Report No. 24
Mixed Signals: Trends in Americans' Access to Medical Care, 2007-2010Ellyn R. Boukus, Peter J. Cunningham	August 2011	Tracking Report No. 25
Americans' Access to Prescription Drugs Stabilizes, 2007-2010Ellyn R. Boukus, Emily Carrier	December 2011	Tracking Report No. 27
Medical Bill Problems Steady for U.S. Families, 2007-2010Anna Sommers, Peter J. Cunningham	December 2011	Tracking Report No. 28
Mounting Pressures: Physicians Serving Medicaid Patients and the Uninsured, 1997-2001Peter J. Cunningham	December 2002	Tracking Report No. 6
So Much to Do, So Little Time: Physician Capacity Constraints, 1997-2001Sally Trude	May 2003	Tracking Report No. 8