Differences in meningococcal disease incidence by health insurance type and among persons experiencing homelessness-United States, 2016-2019.

ABSTRACT: Meningococcal disease is a serious but rare disease in the United States. Prior publications suggest incidence differs among privately vs publicly-insured persons, and that incidence is higher among persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) than persons not known to be experiencing homelessness (non-PEH). Using insurance claims data for persons aged <1 to 64 years, we calculated meningococcal disease incidence among a population with employer-sponsored commercial insurance and persons enrolled in state Medicaid programs nationwide. We also examined meningococcal disease incidence by PEH status in Medicaid data. From 2016 through 2019, persons who met our study inclusion criteria contributed a total of 84,460,548 person-years (PYs) to our analysis of commercial insurance data and 253,496,622

SUBMITTER: Isenhour CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10586599 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature