The impact of welfare reform on insurance coverage before pregnancy and the timing of prenatal care initiation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigates the impact of welfare reform on insurance coverage before pregnancy and on first-trimester initiation of prenatal care (PNC) among pregnant women eligible for Medicaid under welfare-related eligibility criteria.

Data sources

We used pooled data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for eight states (AL, FL, ME, NY, OK, SC, WA, and WV) from 1996 through 1999.

Study design

We estimated a two-part logistic model of insurance coverage before pregnancy and first-trimester PNC initiation. The impact of welfare reform on insurance coverage before pregnancy was measured by marginal effects computed from coefficients of an interaction term for the postreform period and welfare-related eligibility and on PNC initiation by the sam

SUBMITTER: Gavin NI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1955278 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature