Association of the United States Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Provision with Labor Neuraxial Analgesia Use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing continuous health insurance coverage during the perinatal period may increase access to and utilization of labor neuraxial analgesia. This study tested the hypothesis that implementation of the 2010 Dependent Coverage Provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, requiring private health insurers to allow young adults to remain on their parent's plan until age 26 yr, was associated with increased labor neuraxial analgesia use.

Methods

This study used a natural experiment design and birth certificate data for spontaneous vaginal deliveries in 28 U.S. states between 2009 and 2013. The intervention was the Dependent Coverage Provision, categorized into pre- and postintervention periods (January 2009 to August 2010 and September 2010 to Decemb

SUBMITTER: Guglielminotti J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10527099 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature