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Home health care: Research behind the high-demand, low-pay occupation

Source: JournalistsResource.org

This collection of research has been updated since it was originally posted in November 2018.

As baby boomers age, the demands placed on the country’s health care system are increasing. That includes the home health care industry, which is undergoing changes to accommodate a growing senior population.

Obstacles prevent access to mental health care, even among insured

Source: JournalistsResource.org

Obtaining mental health care can be difficult even for people who are covered by health insurance. Patients regularly deal with hurdles such as incorrect phone numbers for providers’ offices, insurers’ prior authorization requirements, month-long delays in scheduling appointments and psychiatrists who refuse to accept insurance at all, according to a series of studies by J. Wesley Boyd and colleagues at the Cambridge Health Alliance.