Managed care arrangements are the dominant form of insurance coverage in the United
States today. These arrangements rely on a network of contracted providers to deliver …

Secret shopper studies are particularly potent study designs that allow for the gathering of
objective data for a variety of research hypotheses, including but not limited to, healthcare …

Can patients find physical therapists in their networks, and can they access physical therapy
when they need to? To answer these questions, we analyzed provider directory accuracy …

Context: The accuracy of provider directories and whether consumers can schedule timely
appointments are crucial determinants of health access and outcomes. Methods: We …

Most Americans rely on managed care networks and provider directories to access care.
Little is known about how patients experience navigating directories, how it affects their …

Objective Examine the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes among the United States (US)-
born and foreign-born Black women in California. Study design The study comprised all …

Provider directory accuracy and access to timely appointments are crucial determinants of
health outcomes. However, to our knowledge, no studies have analyzed provider directory …

We assessed provider directory accuracy and timely access in Maryland's Medicaid
managed care program, using annual surveys from the annual random and representative …

Traumatic experiences can have significant health effects, particularly when they are
experienced during childhood. Structural determinants of health including environmental …

Purpose To investigate the association between insurance status and uveal melanoma (UM)
care. Methods We utilized the National Cancer Database to identify patients diagnosed with …