Predictors of Receipt of Clinical Preventive Services in Adolescents and Adults with Down Syndrome Accessing Medicaid.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons with Down syndrome (DS) require preventive care that addresses their age-/gender- and syndrome-specific needs. Yet, adolescents and adults with DS do not receive these preventive care services as recommended.

Objective/hypothesis

To identify factors that predict receipt of age-/gender- and syndrome-specific preventive healthcare among adolescents and adults with DS. We hypothesized that more healthcare encounters and greater medical complexity would increase receipt of preventive care due to more opportunities to complete these activities.

Methods

Using Medicaid claims (2006-2010) for California, Colorado, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of adolescents and adults with DS (≥12 years old). We modeled receipt of bo

SUBMITTER: Jensen KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11864598 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature