U.S. specialty physicians turn away two-thirds of children with public insurance, study shows
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 20:21
in Health & Medicine
Sixty-six percent of publicly insured children were unable to get a doctor's appointment for serious medical conditions including diabetes and seizures, while children with identical symptoms and private insurance were turned away only 11 percent of the time, according to an audit study of specialty physician practices in Cook County, Ill.