The impacts of state health reform initiatives on adults in New York and Massachusetts.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze the effects of health reform efforts in two large states--New York and Massachusetts.

Data sources/study setting

National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data from 1999 to 2008.

Study design

We take advantage of the "natural experiments" that occurred in New York and Massachusetts to compare health insurance coverage and health care access and use for adults before and after the implementation of the health policy changes. To control for underlying trends not related to the reform initiatives, we subtract changes in the outcomes over the same time period for comparison groups of adults who were not affected by the policy changes using a differences-in-differences framework. The analyses are conducted using multiple comparison groups and different t

SUBMITTER: Long SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3037788 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature