Medicaid expansion and variability in mortality in the USA: a national, observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The expansion of the Medicaid public health insurance programme has varied by state in the USA. Longer-term mortality and factors associated with variability in outcomes after Medicaid expansion are under-studied. We aimed to investigate the association of state Medicaid expansion with all-cause mortality.

Methods

This was a population-based, national, observational cohort study capturing all reported deaths among adults aged 25-64 years via death certificate data in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) database in the USA from Jan 1, 2010, to Dec 31, 2018. We obtained national demographic and mortality data for adults aged 25-64 years, and state-level demographics and 2010-18 mortality e

SUBMITTER: Lee BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10122976 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature