Health Care Access Affects Attitudes About Health Outcomes and Decisions to Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawna L. Chapman ◽  
Jean P. Hall ◽  
Janice M. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Disability Benefits ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Social Security Disability Benefits ◽  
Social Security Disability

scholarly journals The Role of Immigration in the Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21
Author(s):  
Jane J. Lee ◽  
Hyun-Jun Kim ◽  
Karen Fredriksen Goldsen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) aging research is growing around the globe. Yet, few studies have examined the interconnectedness of different populations and cultures. This study examines whether LGBT foreign-born older adults experience greater health disparities than their U.S.-born counterparts. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study: Aging with Pride from 2014, which assessed measures of health and well-being among LGBT adults aged 50 years and older ( n = 2,441). We compared sociodemographic characteristics, health-care access, health behaviors, and health outcomes between foreign-born and U.S.-born participants. Foreign-born LGBT older adults reported greater socioeconomic disadvantage and higher levels of experiencing barriers to health-care access than U.S.-born LGBT older adults. Groups did not significantly differ in health behaviors and health outcomes when controlling for sociodemographic factors. Greater understanding of the mechanisms that shape the relationship between migration and health among the LGBT population is warranted.

scholarly journals Occupational impairment and disability among applicants for Social Security disability benefits in Pennsylvania.

1994 ◽  
Vol 84 (11) ◽  
pp. 1786-1790 ◽  
Author(s):  
E A Bresnitz ◽  
H Frumkin ◽  
L Goldstein ◽  
D Neumark ◽  
M Hodgson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Disability Benefits ◽  
Social Security Disability Benefits ◽  
Social Security Disability

Social Security Disability Benefits: Characteristics of the Approved and Denied Populations

2020 ◽  
pp. 104420732093353
Author(s):  
David A. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Work Capacity ◽  
Veterans Affairs ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
Disability Benefits ◽  
Work Health ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Social Security Disability Benefits ◽  
Social Security Disability

Using new data from the 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation, I estimate that about 24 million individuals between the ages of 18 and 66 years have applied for Social Security disability benefits at some point in their lives. This population is about evenly divided among those who have ever received benefits from the program (beneficiaries) and those who have been denied. Those who have been denied benefits have only somewhat more favorable health circumstances than beneficiaries. Furthermore, relative to the general working age population, I find that the denied group has a high rate of poor health, high levels of poverty, and limited earnings. I also examine subpopulations of the denied group, finding that those who have been denied Social Security but who have received Supplemental Security Income disability face less favorable circumstances and those who have been denied Social Security but who have received Veterans Affairs, Workers Compensation, or private disability benefits have more favorable circumstances. Currently, no federal program or policy specifically targets work, health, or poverty outcomes of the denied Social Security population. Possible initiatives to improve outcomes, however, would need to take into account the underlying health conditions and work capacity of the population documented in this study.

scholarly journals Can Precision Medicine Actually Help People Like Me? African American and Hispanic Perspectives on the Benefits and Barriers of Precision Medicine

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian M. Yeh ◽  
Erin M. Bergner ◽  
Marino A. Bruce ◽  
Sunil Kripalani ◽  
Victoria B. Mitrani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Precision Medicine ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Access And Quality

Objective: To better understand African American and Hispanic perspectives on the potential benefits of precision medicine, along with the potential barriers that may prevent precision medicine from being equally beneficial to all. We also sought to identify if there were differences between African American and Hispanic perspec­tives.Design: Six semi-structured focus groups were conducted between May 2017 and February 2018 to identify benefits and barri­ers to precision medicine. Three groups oc­curred in Nashville, TN with African Ameri­can participants and three groups occurred in Miami, FL with Hispanic participants.Setting: At community-based and university sites convenient to community partners and participants.Participants: A total of 55 individuals participated (27 in Nashville, 28 in Miami). The majority of participants were women (76.5%) and the mean age of participants was 56.2 years old.Results: Both African Americans and His­panics believed precision medicine has the potential to improve medicine and health outcomes by individualizing care and de­creasing medical uncertainty. However, both groups were concerned that inadequacies in health care institutions and socioeconomic barriers would prevent their communities from receiving the full benefits of precision medicine. African Americans were also concerned that the genetic and non-genetic personal information revealed through precision medicine would make African Americans further vulnerable to provider racism and discrimination in and outside of health care.Conclusions: While these groups believed precision medicine might yield benefits for health outcomes, they are also skeptical about whether African Americans and His­panics would actually benefit from precision medicine given current structural limitations and disparities in health care access and quality. Ethn Dis. 2020;30(Suppl 1):149-158; doi:10.18865/ed.30.S1.149

scholarly journals Incomes and Outcomes: Social Security Disability Benefits in First-Episode Psychosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 174 (9) ◽  
pp. 886-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Rosenheck ◽  
Sue E. Estroff ◽  
Kyaw Sint ◽  
Haiqun Lin ◽  
Kim T. Mueser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Disability Benefits ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Social Security Disability Benefits ◽  
Social Security Disability

scholarly journals Welfare, work, and health care access predictors of low-income children's physical health outcomes

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 782-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Shook Slack ◽  
Jane L. Holl ◽  
Joan Yoo ◽  
Laura B. Amsden ◽  
Emily Collins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Welfare Work ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Physical Health Outcomes ◽  
Work And Health
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