Health services use among formerly incarcerated Louisiana Medicaid members within one year of release.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the association between enrollment in Medicaid prior to release compared with post-release, and the use of health services and time to the first service use after release among Louisiana Medicaid members within one year of release from Louisiana state corrections custody.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study linking Louisiana Medicaid and Louisiana state corrections release data. We included individuals ages 19 to 64 years released from state custody between January 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019 and enrolled in Medicaid within 180 days of release. Outcome measures included receipt of general health services (primary care visits, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations), cancer screenings, specialty behavioral health services, and pr

SUBMITTER: Wennerstrom A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10194928 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature