Cossman Ronald E, Cossman Jeralynn S, Rogers Sarah, McBride David, Song Xiaojin, Sutton La'Mont, Stubbs Megan
From the Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State.
South Med J. 2014 Feb;107(2):87-90. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0000000000000057.
The objective of the study was to measure how access to primary health care in Mississippi varies by type of health insurance.
We called primary care physician (general practitioner, family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and pediatric) offices in Mississippi three times, citing different types of health insurance coverage in each call, and asked for a new patient appointment with a physician.
Of all of the offices contacted, 7% of offices were not currently accepting new patients who had private insurance, 15% of offices were not currently accepting new Medicare patients, 38% were not currently accepting new Medicaid patients, and 9% to 21% of office calls were unresolved in one telephone call to the office.
Access to health insurance does not ensure access to primary health care; access varies by type of health insurance coverage.
本研究的目的是衡量密西西比州初级卫生保健的可及性如何因医疗保险类型而异。
我们给密西西比州的初级保健医生（全科医生、家庭医生、内科医生、妇产科医生和儿科医生）办公室打了三次电话，每次打电话时提及不同类型的医疗保险覆盖范围，并要求预约一位医生的新患者就诊。
在所有联系过的办公室中，7%的办公室目前不接受有私人保险的新患者，15%的办公室目前不接受新的医疗保险患者，38%的办公室目前不接受新的医疗补助患者，并且在给办公室打一次电话中有9%至21%的电话未得到解决。
获得医疗保险并不确保能获得初级卫生保健；可及性因医疗保险覆盖类型而异。
