Disability And Health Care Access

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Health Equity for People with Disabilities CDC

(2 days ago) As of 2016, an estimated one in four, or 61 million adults in the United States reported a disability. People with disabilities (such mobility limitations, deafness and blindness, or intellectual disabilities) face many challenges to achieving optimal health and accessing high-quality health care. Data from 2019 … See more

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/humandevelopment/health-equity.html

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Improving Access to Care for People with Disabilities CMS

(6 days ago) WEBA Primer for Providers (PDF): This resource helps staff in health care settings improve quality, satisfaction, and physical accessibility for people with …

https://www.cms.gov/priorities/health-equity/minority-health/resource-center/health-care-professionals-researchers/improving-access-care-people-disabilities

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Research Brief: Health Care Access and the ADA

(4 days ago) WEBADA-related barriers in health care access for people with disabilities begin before they even reach the door; encountering barriers in transportation and parking, accessibility of the building, and emergency …

https://adata.org/research_brief/research-brief-health-care-access-and-ada

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ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND DISPARITIES IN ACCESS

(5 days ago) WEBAccess to healthcare means having “the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best health outcomes.”1 Access to comprehensive, quality healthcare services is …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578537/

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Disability and Health health.gov

(4 days ago) WEBUsing Law and Policy to Promote Health for People with Disabilities in the United States. Laws and policies can help communities increase access to care and improve health for people with disabilities. Laws and policies …

https://health.gov/our-work/national-health-initiatives/healthy-people/healthy-people-2020/healthy-people-2020-law-and-health-policy/disability-and-health

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Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)

(Just Now) WEBThere are two important international frameworks which relate to health equity for persons with disabilities. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with …

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/disability-and-health

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Including disability in all health equity efforts: an urgent …

(3 days ago) WEBPrevalence of disabilities and health care access by disability status and type among adults - United States, 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018; 67: 882-887. View in …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00115-8/fulltext

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Advancing Health Equity And Reducing Health - Health …

(Just Now) WEBLimited research identifies differences in health status and outcomes based on type of disability. 33 One study published in 2013 found that people with multiple disabilities had worse health

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00499

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Access to Health Care for People with - Disability Rights Ca

(8 days ago) WEBThe ADA, Section 504, and Section 1557 ensure full and equal access to health care services and facilities. This includes the reasonable modifications …

https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/publications/access-to-health-care-for-people-with-disabilities-under-the-ada-and-other-civil

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Barriers to the access of people with disabilities to health services

(3 days ago) WEBAlthough fundamental for the performance of health systems worldwide, access to health care by people with and without disabilities remains a complex …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9239543/

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Prevalence of Disabilities and Health Care Access by Disability …

(3 days ago) WEBThe prevalences of disability overall and by disability type, and access to health care by disability type, were estimated. Analyses were stratified by three age …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6095650/

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Health Disparities and People with Disabilities

(7 days ago) WEBPeople with disabilities encounter substantial barriers to health care. They are less likely to access the level of medical care needed to maintain health. While a slightly higher …

https://www.chausa.org/publications/health-progress/archive/article/spring-2021/health-disparities-and-people-with-disabilities

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Health coverage options for people with disabilities in the Health

(9 days ago) WEBIf you have a special health care need — like if you’re terminally ill, need help with daily activities, get regular care at home or in another community setting, live in a long-term …

https://www.healthcare.gov/people-with-disabilities/coverage-options/

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Health Care and the Americans With Disabilities Act

(7 days ago) WEBHealth care providers are required to make reasonable modifications (or changes) to policies, practices, and procedures to provide equal access to facilities and services to …

https://adata.org/factsheet/health-care-and-ada

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Prevalence of Disabilities and Health Care Access by Disability …

(1 days ago) WEBThe prevalences of disability overall and by disability type, and access to health care by disability type, were estimated. Analyses were stratified by three age …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30114005/

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Disability Healthcare Access Brief - Disability Rights Education

(3 days ago) WEBHealth Affairs (2003): W3.552 – W3.565 (web exclusive). Health insurance coverage among women with disabilities aged 18-64 are comparable with 31.9% …

https://dredf.org/public-policy/health-access-to-care-old/disability-healthcare-access-brief/

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Changes in access to services for NC residents with disabilities …

(9 days ago) WEBNorth Carolina Department of Health and Human Services office complex at Dorothea Dix Park North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities …

https://www.wunc.org/health/2024-04-23/disabilities-community-services-disability-rights-nc-lawsuit

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Persons With Disabilities as an Unrecognized Health Disparity

(3 days ago) WEBAccess to Health Care and Human Services. The disparities in unmet health care needs of people with disabilities stand as a stark reminder of the work that must be done to …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355692/

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Medicaid Eligibility Medicaid

(6 days ago) WEBMedicaid is a joint federal and state program that, together with the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), provides health coverage to over 77.9 million Americans, …

https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/eligibility/index.html

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Rally calls for health care reforms for people with disabilities

(3 days ago) WEBThe voices of over 50 residents echoed across the south lawn of the Capitol in support of four bills aimed to increase health care access for people living with …

https://www.sfgate.com/recordjournal/article/disability-rights-capitol-19406527.php

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Ethopolitical media: Organizing Assistive Technology, disability …

(3 days ago) WEBIn this paper we prompt a re-reading of Assistive Technology (AT) as a media system that organizes disability in the framework of digital health-care and the platform …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01634437241249159

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Study: Disparities in access to in-network behavioral health care

(Just Now) WEBPatients went out-of-network 3.5 times more often to see a behavioral health clinician than a medical/surgical clinician in 2021, and up to 20 times more often for …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-04-18-study-disparities-access-network-behavioral-health-care-pervasive

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Samantha R lawsuit may improve behavioral care for thousands

(5 days ago) WEBThe Rhoneys filed a lawsuit in 2017 that became known as the Samantha R. case. Disability Rights NC argued that the failure to provide access to community- and …

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article287806635.html

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Health equity for persons with disabilities: a global scoping review …

(4 days ago) WEBState Medicaid policies and the health care access of low-income children with special health care needs living in the American South. Flammer E, Jaeger S. …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10644565/

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CareSource and Synergies SEED Fund expands opportunities for

(9 days ago) WEBA partnership that benefits Georgians with disabilities . Entrepreneurship is an important employment option. At the heart of the collaboration between CareSource and …

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2024/04/26/caresource-and-synergies-seed-fund-expands.html

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