Replication Data for: "Collaboration as a Tool for Equity? Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare Access"

Despite its importance in theory and practice, little is known about whether, how, when, and for whom a collaborative governance strategy achieves socially equitable outcomes. Using a staggered difference-in-differences design and data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we analyze how well Oregon counties that adopted collaborative governance bridge racial disparities in healthcare access compared to non-adopter counties. We find that collaborative governance is associated with reducing racial and ethnic disparities in financial barriers to visiting a doctor after three years of implementation and that such effects grow stronger over time. Also, the estimated effect of collaborative governance on having a personal doctor is the greatest for Hispanics. This article points to potential benefits of a collaborative governance strategy that designs and scales collaboration through collaborative platform and collaborative governance regimes, sustains long-term efforts to meet health equity goals, and identifies and serves the most vulnerable populations.