title: Few Medicaid and uninsured patients are accessing dermatologists.
abstract: Uninsured patients and those receiving Medicaid make up a smaller fraction of dermatology practices (5%) than would be predicted by their prevalence in the population (27%). We illustrate the ways in which insurance acceptance patterns and practice composition vary by the age, gender, practice type, and geographic location of the dermatologist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California 94143-0316, USA. resneckj@derm.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Jack S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Resneck
authors.forename: Arin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Isenstein
authors.forename: Alexa B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Kimball
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003625:Data Collection; D003880:Dermatology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011364:Professional Practice; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D012737:Sex Factors; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States