Medicaid Primary Care Utilization and Area-Level Social Vulnerability
The findings of this cross-sectional study suggest that Medicaid policy should focus on addressing geography-based disparities in access to care using new measures to target resources. The multidimensional SVI is likely a useful tool to identify small geographic areas with barriers to accessing adequate health care. The FQHC findings suggest that substantially increasing investments and support for FQHCs would address geographic inequities in access to health care.
Authors
- Clese Erikson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1531-9535)
- Jordan Herring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1995)
- Patricia Pittman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2794-6528)
- Yoon Hong Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7526-5041)
- Qian Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1819-6043)
- Anushree Vichare
Institutions
- Milken Institute (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Health Forum
- Published
- 2025-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.3020
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Health Resources and Services Administration