Reducing Frictions in Health Care Access: The ActionHealthNYC Experiment for Undocumented Immigrants

Adrienne Sabety, Jonathan Gruber, Jin Yung Bae and Rishi Sood

American Economic Review: Insights, 2023, vol. 5, issue 3, 327-46

Abstract: In 2016, New York City designed and implemented an intervention to reduce frictions in accessing safety net care: randomly making initial primary care appointments for 2,428 undocumented immigrants. We leverage a novel survey-administrative data linkage to show that the program increased self-reported access to primary care, leading to 23 percent fewer emergency department (ED) visits. High-risk individuals' ED visits fell by 32 percent on average, driving the aggregate effect. Preventive care also increased among individuals visiting sponsored clinics.

JEL-codes: H75 I11 I12 I13 I14 I18 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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