Summary
The study examines disparities in provider-related barriers to health care by race and ethnicity of children in California after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Authors used California Health Interview Survey data for children (0-11 years) 2014-2016 to conduct multivariable logistic regressions to estimate the odds of reporting any provider-related barrier, trouble finding a doctor, child's health insurance not accepted by provider, and child not being accepted as a new patient.
Compared with parents of non-Latino white children, parents of non-Latino Black, Latino, Asian, and other/multiracial children were not more likely to report experiencing any of the four provider-related barrier measures. The associations between children's race and ethnicity and parents' reports of provider-related barriers were nonsignificant. Findings demonstrate that there are no significant racial/ethnic differences in provider-related barriers to health care for children in California in the post-ACA era.