Time trends in emergency department use among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency Department (ED) visits are common among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). However, little is known about how ED use has varied over time in this population, or how it has been affected by recent Medicaid policy changes.

Objective

To examine temporal trends in ED use among adult Medicaid members with IDD in eight states that ranged in the extent to which they had implemented state-level Medicaid policy changes that might affect ED use.

Methods

We conducted repeated cross-sectional analyses of 2010-2016 Medicaid claims data. Quarterly analyses included adults ages 18-64 years with IDD (identified by diagnosis codes) who were continuously enrolled in Medicaid for the past 12 months. We assessed change in number of ED visi

SUBMITTER: Horner-Johnson W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10950032 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature