Heterogeneous effects of Medicaid coverage on cardiovascular risk factors: secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate whether health insurance generated improvements in cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure and hemoglobin A_1c (HbA_1c) levels) for identifiable subpopulations, and using machine learning to identify characteristics of people predicted to benefit highly.

Design

Secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Medicaid insurance coverage in 2008 for adults on low incomes (defined as lower than the federal-defined poverty line) in Oregon who were uninsured.

Participants

12 134 participants from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment with in-person data for health outcomes for both treatment and control groups.

Interventions

Health insurance (Medicaid) coverage.

Main outcomes measures

The co

SUBMITTER: Inoue K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11417663 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature