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Current Research in Psychology and Behavioral Science
[ ISSN : 2833-0986 ]


Tips for Health Insured Patients When Accessing Care

Opinion
Volume 4 - Issue 3 | Article DOI : 10.54026/CRPBS/1090


Raj K Kalapatapu*

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Psychiatric Emergency Services, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA

Corresponding Authors

Raj K Kalapatapu, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Psychiatric Emergency Services, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA

Keywords

Health Insured Patients; Care; Care access; Public; Private; Military; Veterans

Received : March 02, 2023
Published : March 13, 2023

Abstract

Despite the uninsured rate declining to an all-time low among USA residents [1], accessing and utilizing primary and/ or specialty care in a timely manner even when having health insurance remains challenging [2,3]. Are there potential tips to give health insured patients to help them navigate the complex and dynamic web of care access? This opinion paper contains a series of categories and questions for brainstorming combinations of care access with health insured patients who are seeking care.