Medicaid expansion associated with no change in emergency department use across racial and ethnic groups.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate changes in the emergency department (ED) visit rate, hospitalization share of ED visits, and ED visit volumes associated with Medicaid expansion among Hispanic, Black, and White adults.

Data collection/extraction methods

For the population of adults aged 26-64 with no insurance or Medicaid coverage, we obtained census population and ED visit counts during 2010-2018 in nine expansion and five nonexpansion states.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was the annual number of ED visits per 100 adults ("ED rate"). The secondary outcomes were the share of ED visits leading to hospitalization, total number ("volumes") of all ED visits, ED visits leading to discharge ("treat-and-release") and ED visits leading to hospitalization ("transfer-to-

SUBMITTER: Hanchate AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10480077 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature