Use of Primary Care and Specialty Providers: Findings from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A comprehensive picture of how the US population engages in specialty care use is lacking, even though redesign models focused on specialty care are becoming more popular.

Objective

To describe the type of provider, primary care or specialist, most often seen by individuals, to test associations between type of provider most often seen and insurance coverage, and to test associations between the number of generalist and specialist visits and insurance coverage.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of 2013-2016 Medicaid Expenditure Panel Survey. Logistic and negative binomial models were used in multivariate regression modeling.

Participants

Depending on the analysis, the study samples include between 71,402 and 79,518 US residents.

Main measures

In

SUBMITTER: Romaire MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7351893 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature