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Understanding Patterns of Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors Along With Health Services Provider Availability for Zika Outbreak in South Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2017

Linda McQuade*
Affiliation:
Health Division, Logistic Management Institute, Tysons, Virginia
Mya Rao
Affiliation:
Health Division, Logistic Management Institute, Tysons, Virginia
Roger Miller
Affiliation:
Health Division, Logistic Management Institute, Tysons, Virginia
Winnie Zhou
Affiliation:
Health Division, Logistic Management Institute, Tysons, Virginia
Rinku Deol
Affiliation:
Health Division, Logistic Management Institute, Tysons, Virginia
Brian Sato
Affiliation:
Health Division, Logistic Management Institute, Tysons, Virginia
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Linda McQuade, Health Division, Logistic Management Institute, 7940 Jones Branch Drive, Tysons, VA 22102 (e-mail: Lindaguo10@gmail.com)

Abstract

In this study, we analyzed the patterns of socioeconomic and demographic factors along with health services provider availability for the current Zika outbreak in Miami-Dade County, South Florida. We used Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) Machine-Readable Public Use Files (MR-PUFs) to examine provider availability in combination with socioeconomic and demographic factors that could potentially lead to healthcare disparities between any underserved population of the Wynwood neighborhood and the broader population of Miami-Dade County. MR-PUFs contain public provider-level data from states that are participating in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace. According to CCIIO, an issuer of a Qualified Health Plan that uses a provider network must maintain a network that is sufficient in the number and types of providers, including providers that specialize in mental-health and substance-use disorder services, to assure that all services will be accessible to enrollees without unreasonable delay. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:455–459)

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2017 

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