Author Archives: Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam

About Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam

I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Health Policy & Management at The University of Kansas Medical Center. Apart from being a student, my role at The University of Kansas is to serve as a Director of Research Information Technology. My interest and passion for science and understanding the healthcare system/delivery lead me to pursue my Ph.D. Research Interests: Population health, epidemiology, electronic health records, administrative claims data, observational study design, categorical data analysis, survival analysis, longitudinal data, System integration, Informatics Eco-system

Is Medicaid expansion enough to encourage people to get Mental Health care?

By | January 7, 2021

Low-income households across the US are more likely to be uninsured or under-insured.  Medicaid Expansion paves a path for low-income Americans to obtain access to care.  Working-aged underinsured individuals tend to get later medical care and too little care–resulting in poorer health outcomes. Even insured individuals may delay necessary care because of cost. A 2018… Read More »