Segregation by Payer in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Ambulatory Care Sites.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Many teaching hospitals in the US segregate patients by insurance status, with resident clinics primarily composed of publicly insured or uninsured patients and faculty practices seeing privately insured patients. The prevalence of this model in obstetrics and gynecology residencies is unknown.

Objectives

To examine the prevalence of payer-based segregation in obstetrics and gynecology residency ambulatory care sites nationally and to compare residents' and program directors' perceptions of differences in quality of care between payer-segregated and integrated sites.

Design, setting, and participants

This national survey study included all 6060 obstetrics and gynecology residents and 293 obstetrics and gynecology residency program directors in the US as of

SUBMITTER: Vinekar K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411379 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature