Arizona Health Survey » Access and Coverage http://www.arizonahealthsurvey.org Arizona Health Survey Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:57:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 $2.4 Billion in Medical Debt http://www.arizonahealthsurvey.org/?p=196 http://www.arizonahealthsurvey.org/?p=196#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:05:18 +0000 admin http://arizonahealthsurvey.org/?p=196 Medical Debt $2.4 billion.  That’s how much medical debt Arizonans owe.  This four-part series examines the extent of the problem, the effect of health insurance on medical debt, and the predictors and consequences of medical debt.

Medical debt is a significant and wide-spread problem in Arizona that causes substantial financial hardship.  It also results in delays in people obtaining needed health care. What’s surpising: health insurance is no guarantee against medical debt.   Health status, income, age, and whether or not children are in the household are better predictors  of medical debt than health insurance.

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Part 1: The Extent of the Problem
Part 2: The Effect of Health Insurance
Part 3: Predictors of Medical Debt
Part 4: Consequences of Medical Debt
]]> http://www.arizonahealthsurvey.org/?feed=rss2&p=196 0 Insurance Coverage Among Arizona Adults http://www.arizonahealthsurvey.org/?p=22 http://www.arizonahealthsurvey.org/?p=22#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:33:06 +0000 admin http://arizonahealthsurvey.org/?p=22 HealthInsuranceCoverageAbundant national research has shown that health insurance matters. It is a key determinant of access to health care. Those lacking health insurance are more likely to have poorer health status.

In 2008, one-in-five Arizona adults lacked health insurance coverage at least part of the year. For working age adults between 18 and 64, this number increased to 25 percent, or 950,500 Arizona adults.

Who are Arizona’s uninsured? What factors relate to whether someone does (or does not) have health insurance?  Where do the uninsured live?  And what effect does health coverage have on access to care, health status, and quality of life in our state?

These and other questions are addressed in SLHI’s report Health Insurance for Arizona Adults.

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]]> http://www.arizonahealthsurvey.org/?feed=rss2&p=22 0 Chronic Conditions Among Arizona Adults http://www.arizonahealthsurvey.org/?p=4 http://www.arizonahealthsurvey.org/?p=4#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:30:44 +0000 admin http://arizonahealthsurvey.org/?p=4 HealthTakes: Chronic Conditions Among Arizona Adults.]]> ChronicConditionsAmericans are living longer, but we’re also experiencing increasing rates of chronic physical and psychological conditions. These conditions affect our health and well-being.  They also are major drivers of escalating health care costs. Indeed, chronic conditions account for approximately 75 percent of our nation’s $2 trillion healthcare industry.

The 2008  Arizona Health Survey asked adults (18+) if they had been diagnosed with the chronic physical conditions of asthma, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and arthritis/other auto-immune disorders. The survey also asked about diagnoses of anxiety disorder, depression or bi-polar (manic-depressive) disorder.

In HealthTakes: Chronic Conditions Among Arizona Adults, we correlate responses on chronic conditions with answers to other survey questions, mapping out the prevalence, antecedents and consequences of chronic conditions among Arizona adults.

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