Changes in Preventative Health Care After Medicaid Expansion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medicaid expansion substantially increased health insurance coverage, but its effect on the delivery of preventative health care is unclear.

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess the impact of Medicaid expansion on the receipt of 15 different measures of preventive care including cancer screening, cardiovascular risk reduction, diabetes care, and other primary care measures.

Research design

We performed serial cross-sectional analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey data from 2012 to 2017. We used a quasi-experimental design with difference-in-differences (DiD) analyses to examine changes in preventative health care delivery over 3 time periods in Medicaid expansion compared with nonexpansion states.

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SUBMITTER: Tummalapalli SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7230002 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature