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Availability of Outpatient Addiction Treatment and Use of Emergency Department Services Among Medicaid Enrollees.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:The study examined whether the number of outpatient addiction programs accepting Medicaid in South Carolina counties is linked to repeat use of the emergency department for addiction-related conditions. METHODS:The study included the population all adult Medicaid enrollees (N=2,401) in South Carolina with at least one addiction-related emergency service visit in 2012 or 2013. A random-effects logistic regression model was used to examine the association between outpatient addiction treatment availability and repeat use by Medicaid enrollees of emergency services for addiction-related conditions. RESULTS:Enrollees in counties with two or more programs that accept Medicaid were less likely to have a repeat addiction-related emergency service visit than enrollees in counties with only one program that accepts Medicaid. CONCLUSIONS:Availability of outpatient addiction treatment may reduce the need for addiction-related emergency services. Research is needed to explore potential causal mechanisms underlying this observed relationship.

SUBMITTER: Andrews CM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511360 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Availability of Outpatient Addiction Treatment and Use of Emergency Department Services Among Medicaid Enrollees.

Andrews Christina M CM Westlake Melissa M Wooten Nikki N

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 20180426 6

<h4>Objective</h4>The study examined whether the number of outpatient addiction programs accepting Medicaid in South Carolina counties is linked to repeat use of the emergency department for addiction-related conditions.<h4>Methods</h4>The study included the population all adult Medicaid enrollees (N=2,401) in South Carolina with at least one addiction-related emergency service visit in 2012 or 2013. A random-effects logistic regression model was used to examine the association between outpatien ...[more]

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Project description:Medicaid enrollees typically report worse access to care than other insured populations. Expansions in Medicaid through less restrictive income eligibility requirements and the resulting influx of new enrollees may further erode access to care for those already enrolled in Medicaid.To assess the effect of previous Medicaid expansions on self-reported access to care and the use of emergency department services by Medicaid enrollees.Quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design among 1714 adult Medicaid enrollees in 10 states that expanded Medicaid between June 1, 2000, and October 1, 2009, and 5097 Medicaid enrollees in 14 bordering control states that did not expand Medicaid.Self-reported access to care and annualized emergency department use.Among states expanding their Medicaid program for adults, the mean income eligibility level increased from 82.6% to 144.2% of the federal poverty level. Income eligibility in matched control states remained constant at 77.1% of the federal poverty level. The proportion of adults reporting being enrolled in Medicaid increased from 7.2% to 8.8% in expansion states and from 6.1% to 6.4% in matched control states. In Medicaid program expansion states, the proportion of Medicaid enrollees reporting poor access to care declined from 8.5% before the expansion to 7.3% after the expansion. In matched control states, the proportion of Medicaid enrollees reporting poor access to care remained constant at 5.3%. The proportion of enrollees reporting any emergency department use decreased from 41.2% to 40.1% in expansion states and from 37.3% to 36.1% in matched control states. In the period following expansions, newly eligible enrollees reported poorer access to care than previously enrolled beneficiaries, although the overall difference between groups did not reach statistical significance.We found no evidence that expanding the number of individuals eligible for Medicaid coverage eroded perceived access to care or increased the use of emergency services among adult Medicaid enrollees.

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Availability of Outpatient Addiction Treatment and Use of Emergency Department Services Among Medicaid Enrollees.

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Availability of Outpatient Addiction Treatment and Use of Emergency Department Services Among Medicaid Enrollees.

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