Changes in Medication Use During Medicaid Continuous Enrollment and Unwinding.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicaid enrollment increased because states suspended routine eligibility determinations. After this continuous enrollment provision ended in April 2023, millions of US individuals lost Medicaid coverage.

Objective

To measure how the unwinding of Medicaid enrollment was associated with changes in patients' use of health services, such as prescription medications.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional study was carried out using interrupted time series analysis to compare changes in quarterly Medicaid enrollment and prescription medication use from 2018, quarter (Q) 1 through 2024, Q1. Data were analyzed from November 2024 to February 2025.

Exposures

The onset of continuous enrollment provision (2020, Q2) a

SUBMITTER: Rome BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12761332 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature