Improving care for low-income, uninsured patients: A pilot to increase access to medicines through a replenishment program

4408.2
Disparities of health care access and health status: Economic factors

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Oral

Session Objectives: Identify financial influence of perceived need between socioeconomic groups on accessing health services

Moderator:

Deborah Juarez, ScD

4:30pm

Does urgent need for medical care go undetected among seniors with lower SES?
Marc N. Elliott, PhD, Brian Finch, PhD, Amelia Haviland, PhD, Ann Haas, MPH, MS, Sai Ma, PhD MPA and Robert Weech-Maldonado, MBA, PhD

4:50pm

$100 versus $10,000: The timing of the great recession and heterogeneous changes along the health expenditure distribution
Jie Chen, PhD, Arturo Vargas-Bustamante, Karoline Mortensen, PhD and Stephen Thomas, PhD, FAAHB

5:10pm

A multilevel analysis of community and individual health literacy to self-reported health status
Tetine Sentell, PhD, Wei Zhang, James Davis, PhD, Kathleen K. Baker, PhD, MS and Kathryn L. Braun, DrPH

5:30pm

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Medical Care
Endorsed by: Health Administration, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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