Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion was Associated With Reductions in the Proportion of Hospitalizations That are Potentially Preventable Among Hispanic and White Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Using data on 5 years of postexpansion experience, we examined whether the coverage gains from Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion among Black, Hispanic, and White individuals led to improvements in objective indicators of outpatient care adequacy and quality.

Research design

For the population of adults aged 45-64 with no insurance or Medicaid coverage, we obtained data on census population and hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) during 2010-2018 in 14 expansion and 7 nonexpansion states. Our primary outcome was the percentage share of hospitalizations due to ACSC out of all hospitalizations ("ACSC share") among uninsured and Medicaid-covered patients. Secondary outcomes were the population rate of ACSC and all hospitalizations. We

SUBMITTER: Hanchate AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10894451 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature