Association of the affordable care act with racial and ethnic disparities in uninsured emergency department utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disparities in uninsured emergency department (ED) use are well documented. However, a comprehensive analysis evaluating how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have reduced racial and ethnic disparities is lacking. The goal was to assess the association of the ACA with racial and ethnic disparities in uninsured ED use.

Methods

This study used data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) for Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts, and New York from 2011 to 2017. Participants include non-elderly adults between 18 and 64 years old. Outcomes include uninsured rates of ED visits by racial and ethnic groups and stratified by medical urgency using the New York University ED algorithm. Visits were aggregated to year-quar

SUBMITTER: Ukert B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10676572 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature