Did copayment changes reduce health service utilization among CHIP enrollees? Evidence from Alabama.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore whether health care utilization changed among enrollees in Alabama's CHIP program, ALL Kids, following copayment increases at the beginning of fiscal year 2004.

Data sources

Data on all ALL Kids enrollees over 1999-2009 are obtained from claims files and the state's administrative database.

Study design

We use pooled month-level data for all enrollees and conduct covariate-adjusted segmented regression models. Health services considered are inpatient care, emergency department (ED) visits, brand-name prescription drugs, generic prescription drugs, physician office visits and outpatient-services, ambulance services, allergy treatments, and non-preventive dental services. Physician well-visits, preventive dental services, and service use by Native-A

SUBMITTER: Sen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3401401 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature