Access to Private Obstetrics/Gynecology Services Under Medicaid
作者:
Janet Mitchell,
Rachel Schurman,
期刊:
Medical Care
(OVID Available online 1984)
卷期:
Volume 22,
issue 11
页码: 1026-1037
ISSN:0025-7079
年代: 1984
出版商: OVID
关键词: Medicaid participation;OB-GYN services;prenatal care
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Improving pregnancy outcomes for low-income women has been a longstanding Medicaid objective, yet exceptionally low Medicaid participation rates for private practice obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) suggest that access to maternity care may be particularly limited. Using a national sample of more than 2,800 office-based physicians, the authors analyzed the factors influencing the Medicaid participation decision of physicians in three specialties: OB-GYN, pediatrics, and general surgery. Regression results suggest that OB-GYNs are equally, or even more, sensitive to Medicaid reimbursement and program administration characteristics. Higher Medicaid fees definitely raise OB-GYN participation rates, for instance. OB-GYNs are also more willing to participate in those states where Medicaid programs are more generous in their eligibility requirements and where administrative red tape is less onerous.
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