The effect of Medicaid expansion on female gynecologic cancer-related inpatient admissions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mortality rate of female gynecologic cancer is higher among individuals without affordable health insurance.

Objectives

We determined the impact of Medicaid expansion on the number of female gynecologic-related cancer inpatient admissions in Virginia (VA) relative to North Carolina (NC), the latter of which did not expand Medicaid.

Design

This quasi-experimental study was restricted to women between 18 and 64 years old admitted to general, acute, and short-term hospitals with gynecologic cancer.

Methods

We used Poisson fixed-effect event study regression to examine differences in the predicted number of female gynecologic-related cancer admissions in the quarters before and after Medicaid expansion (implemented in January 2019) in VA, compared to the

SUBMITTER: Salehian S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11648042 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature