Medicaid Enrollment and Service Use Among Adults With Down Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Down syndrome is the leading genetic cause of intellectual disability and automatically qualifies individuals for Social Security Insurance. Therefore, Medicaid is the major health insurance provider for a population at high risk for dementia, obesity, and premature mortality. Despite the importance of Medicaid for adults with Down syndrome, little is known about how this population uses Medicaid.

Objective

To describe enrollment in, health care use in, and cost to Medicaid for adults with Down syndrome compared with adults with intellectual disability and a random sample of adults enrolled in Medicaid.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cohort study, the data are from a claims cohort of adults aged 18 years or older enrolled in Medicaid at any point

SUBMITTER: Rubenstein E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10422190 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature