Association of Allergy Specialty Care and Asthma Outcomes for Medicaid-Enrolled Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the comparative effectiveness of allergy specialist care for children with asthma enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid program.

Study design

We used the Arkansas All-Payers Claims Database to identify Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma who had an allergy specialist visit in 2018. These children were propensity score matched to children without an allergy specialist visit to evaluate differences in asthma-related adverse events (AAEs), specifically emergency department visits and/or hospitalizations in 2019. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the association between allergy specialist care in 2018 and AAEs in 2019.

Results

Prior to matching, a higher percentage of children with an allergy specialist visit had persistent asthma,

SUBMITTER: Boyd M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11788064 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature