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  5. Reducing Frictions in Healthcare Access: The ActionHealthNYC Experiment for Undocumented Immigrants

Reducing Frictions in Healthcare Access: The ActionHealthNYC Experiment for Undocumented Immigrants

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% fewer emergency department (ED) visits. High-risk individuals’ ED visits fell by 32% on average, driving the aggregate effect. Preventive care also increased among individuals visiting sponsored clinics.

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