The impacts of the 340B Program on health care quality for low-income patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effects of hospital 340B eligibility on quality of inpatient care provided to Medicaid and uninsured patients and for all patients.

Data

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Data, Hospital Cost Reporting Information System Data, Office of Pharmacy Affairs Information System Data, and American Hospital Association Annual Survey.

Design

Regression discontinuity design comparing hospitals just above the DSH percentage program eligibility threshold to those just below. Quality measures include all-cause mortality and 30-day readmission rates as well as condition-specific measures.

Data extraction

Inpatient data from general acute care hospitals from 2008 to 2014 in 15 states. D

SUBMITTER: Smith K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10480080 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature