Health Brief Released: “Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among Women”
September-October 2017
The Department of Public Health has released a health brief, Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among Women.
This 3-page brief, which examines data from four cycles of the Los Angeles County Health Survey, describes trends and disparities in health insurance coverage and access to care among women before and after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Key findings include:
A chart from the brief is shown.
The full health brief, including the survey findings and a discussion of their implications, can be found here.
For more information about the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Office of Women’s Health visit their website:
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/owh/index1.htm.
Also in this issue:
Contact Information:
Office of Women's Health
County of Los AngelesDepartment of Public Health
owh@ph.lacounty.gov
www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/owh
Rx for Prevention, 2017 September-October;7(3). Published: September 22, 2017