With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), access to insurance and coverage of preventive care services has been expanded. By removing the barrier of shared costs for preventive care, it is expected that an increase in utilization of preventive care services will reduce the cost of chronic diseases. Early detection and treatment is anticipated to be less costly than treatment at ...

Background: In low-income countries such as Benin, most people have poor access to healthcare services. There is scarcity of evidence about barriers accessing services in Benin. Therefore, we examined the magnitude problem and its associated factors. Methods: We utilized data from 2017–2018 Benin Demographic Health Survey (n = 15,928). associations between demographic socioeconomic characterist...

This paper aims to provide a description of the need for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) for Limited English Proficient (LEP) patients, an identification of how the lack of CLAS for LEP patients can compromise patient safety and healthcare quality, and discuss barriers to the provision of CLAS.