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Now consider that the patient:
Now consider that the patient:
Does not have a usual primary care provider
Does not have a usual primary care provider
Patients have a greater likelihood of receiving preventative interventions (vaccinations, colonoscopies, and mammograms) if they have at least one primary care visit per year (Hostetter et al., 2020).
Can only access health care on nights or weekends
Can only access health care on nights or weekends
Workers with less flexibility in their start/stop times or the ability to take time off in the middle of the day have a harder time accessing health care, and lower-income workers have less job flexibility than higher-income workers (Gleason and Kneipp, 2004).
Has not always had health insurance
Has not always had health insurance
HbA1c levels increase as interruptions in insurance coverage increase in adults with Type 1 diabetes (Rogers et al., 2018).
Hostetter, J., Schwarz, N., Klug, M., Wynne, J., & Basson, M. D. (2020). Primary care visits increase utilization of evidence-based preventative health measures. BMC family practice, 21(1), 151. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01216-8
Gleason, R. P., & Kneipp, S. M. (2004). Employment-Related Constraints: Determinants of Primary Health Care Access? Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 5(2), 73–83. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527154404263265
Rogers, M., Lee, J. M., Tipirneni, R., Banerjee, T., & Kim, C. (2018). Interruptions In Private Health Insurance And Outcomes In Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: A Longitudinal Study. Health affairs (Project Hope), 37(7), 1024–1032. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0204
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