Self-Perceived Poor/Fair Health, Frequent Mental Distress, and Health Insurance Status Among Working-Aged US Adults

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Zhao, Guixiang ; Okoro, Catherine A. ; Hsia, Jason ; Town, Machell
• Description:
  We examined associations of health insurance status with self-perceived poor/fair health and frequent mental distress (FMD) among working-aged US adults from 42 states and the District of Columbia using data from the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. After multiple-variable adjustment, compared with adequately insured adults, underinsured and never insured adults were 39% and 59% more likely to report poor/fair health, respectively, and 38% more likely to report FMD. Compared with working-aged adults with employer-based insurance, adults with Medicaid/Medicare or other public insurance coverage were 28% and 13% more likely to report poor/fair health, respectively, and 15% more likely to report FMD. Increasing insurance coverage and reducing cost barriers to care may improve general and mental health.
• Subjects:
  Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 15.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.170523
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  30025217
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6053919
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  15
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b50fd351f675c9901db2d2f36d56cd95095dd30086aff1e4eec020ae21167798ce28514fb22d2de63375b5e7eedb241fbe3743d2c6f9e4c366d941bbe8fb3f5f
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