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Children with medical complexity and Medicaid: spending and cost savings.


ABSTRACT: A small but growing population of children with medical complexity, many of whom are covered by Medicaid, accounts for a high proportion of pediatric health care spending. We first describe the expenditures for children with medical complexity insured by Medicaid across the care continuum. We report the increasingly large amount of spending on hospital care for these children, relative to the small amount of primary care and home care spending. We then present a business case that estimates how cost savings might be achieved for children with medical complexity from potential reductions in hospital and emergency department use and shows how the savings could underwrite investments in outpatient and community care. We conclude by discussing the importance of these findings in the context of Medicaid's quality of care and health care reform.

SUBMITTER: Berry JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5164920 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Children with medical complexity and Medicaid: spending and cost savings.

Berry Jay G JG   Hall Matt M   Neff John J   Goodman Denise D   Cohen Eyal E   Agrawal Rishi R   Kuo Dennis D   Feudtner Chris C  

Health affairs (Project Hope) 20141201 12


A small but growing population of children with medical complexity, many of whom are covered by Medicaid, accounts for a high proportion of pediatric health care spending. We first describe the expenditures for children with medical complexity insured by Medicaid across the care continuum. We report the increasingly large amount of spending on hospital care for these children, relative to the small amount of primary care and home care spending. We then present a business case that estimates how  ...[more]

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