Insurance-Based Disparities in Congenital Cardiac Operations in the Era of the Affordable Care Act.

ABSTRACT: A body of literature has previously highlighted the impact of health insurance on observed disparities in congenital cardiac operations. With aims of improving access to healthcare for all patients, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded Medicaid coverage to nearly all eligible children in 2010. Therefore, the present population-based study aimed to examine the association of Medicaid coverage with clinical and financial outcomes in the era the ACA. Records for pediatric patients (≤ 18 years) who underwent congenital cardiac operations were abstracted from the 2010-2018 Nationwide Readmissions Database. Operations were stratified using the Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (STAT) Category. Multivariable regression models were developed to evaluat

SUBMITTER: Williamson CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10063518 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature