Healthcare: Annotation of a Quantitative Research Article Assignment

This document presents an annotated bibliography of a quantitative research article that examines the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on healthcare access and utilization among Latinos in the United States. The annotation, structured into summary, analysis, and application components, critically evaluates the study's methodology, findings, and limitations. The article, authored by Alcalá et al. (2017), utilized data from the National Health Interview Survey to assess the ACA's effect on health insurance rates and healthcare disparities within Latino subgroups. The annotation highlights the study's strengths, such as its focus on a critical public health issue, but also critiques its limitations, including the timing of data collection and the relevance of certain measurements. The analysis discusses how the findings can be used to identify and address healthcare disparities in marginalized populations. This resource is useful for students studying healthcare, public health, and research methods, providing an example of how to critically evaluate quantitative research articles and create an annotated bibliography.

Running head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Annotation of a Quantitative Research Article
Name of the Student
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Author Note

1ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alcalá, H. E., Chen, J., Langellier, B. A., Roby, D. H., & Ortega, A. N. (2017). Impact of the
Affordable Care Act on health care access and utilization among Latinos. The Journal of
the American Board of Family Medicine, 30(1), 52-62.
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.01.160208
In this article the authors described the impact that the affordable care act created on
patterns of healthcare utilization and healthcare access among Latinos present in the United
States. They hypothesized that proper implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (ACA) might reduce the existing disparities in the target population. The author's used
data from National Health interview survey conducted between 2011 and 2015, and evaluated
Latino subgroups belonging to 18-64 years of age. They found that Central Americans and
Mexicans demonstrated lower rates of having health insurance, in contrast to non-Latino Whites.
Following implementation of the ACA, disparities were significantly reduced between non-
Latino Whites and Puerto Ricans. However, the authors also stated that ACA exerted limited
impact, in relation to citizenship status and language of the target population.
The study was helpful in highlighting that ACA has proved effective in decreasing
disparities among Latino, in relation to healthcare. Although the article provided an insight on
the impact of the ACA, using data from the years 2014 and 2015 was not appropriate, since all
states did not implement the act during that time line. Moreover, measurement of citizenship and
language was not relevant to the study, since there is lack of adequate technique for determining
the people who have successfully met the waiting period of the act or are proficient in English
language.

2ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
The study demonstrated the best impact of ACA on healthcare access and utilization, and
the findings can be used for identifying other disparities that reduce healthcare outcomes of the
marginalized population.