Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Patient Experience Of Care Among Nonelderly Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees.

ABSTRACT: Medicaid managed care enrollees who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups have historically reported worse care experiences than White enrollees. Few recent studies have identified disparities within and between Medicaid managed care plans. Using 2014-18 data on 242,274 nonelderly Medicaid managed care enrollees in thirty-seven states, we examined racial and ethnic disparities in four patient experience metrics. Compared with White enrollees, minority enrollees reported significantly worse care experiences. Overall adjusted disparities for Black enrollees ranged between 1.5 and 4.5 percentage points; 1.6-3.9 percentage points for Hispanic or Latino enrollees; and 9.0-17.4 percentage points for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander enrollees. Disparities were

SUBMITTER: Nguyen KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10076226 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature