Effect of Private Health Insurance on Health Care Access and Health Status of Diabetic Patients Covered by Medicare

A previous study showed that 93% of adults with diabetes in the U.S. population have some form of health insurance, and 52% have multiple sources of insurance (1). An important but unanswered question is whether the source and nature of health insurance influences access to care, quality of care, and health status and outcomes for patients with diabetes. To investigate this issue, we analyzed data from the third National Health and Nutrition...