Medicaid Expansion and Racial-Ethnic and Sex Disparities in Cardiovascular Diseases Over 6 Years: A Generalized Synthetic Control Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have suggested Medicaid expansion enacted in 2014 has resulted in a reduction in overall cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in the United States. However, it is unknown whether Medicaid expansion has a similar effect across race-ethnicity and sex. We investigated the effect of Medicaid expansion on CVD mortality across race-ethnicity and sex.

Methods

Data come from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system and the US Centers for Disease Control's Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research, spanning the period 2000-2019. We used the generalized synthetic control method, a quasi-experimental approach, to estimate effects.

Results

Medicaid expansion was associated with -5.36 (mean difference [MD], 95% confidence interval [CI] = -22.63

SUBMITTER: Nianogo RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11839283 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature