Improved depression screening and treatment among low-income pregnant and postpartum women following Medicaid expansion in the U.S.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined the effect of Medicaid expansion in Oregon under the Affordable Care Act on depression screening and treatment among pregnant and postpartum women who gave Medicaid-financed births.

Methods

Oregon birth certificates were linked to Medicaid enrollment and claims records for 2011-2016. The sample included a policy group of 1,368 women (n = 2,831) who gave births covered by pregnancy-only Medicaid in the pre-expansion period (before 2014) and full-scope Medicaid in the post-expansion period, and the comparison group of 2,229 women (n = 4,580) who gave births covered by full-scope Medicaid in both pre- and post-expansion periods. Outcomes included indicators for depression screening, psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and combined psychot

SUBMITTER: Yoon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10012772 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature