Receipt of Preventive Services After Oregon's Randomized Medicaid Experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It is predicted that gaining health insurance via the Affordable Care Act will result in increased rates of preventive health services receipt in the U.S., primarily based on self-reported findings from previous health insurance expansion studies. This study examined the long-term (36-month) impact of Oregon's 2008 randomized Medicaid expansion ("Oregon Experiment") on receipt of 12 preventive care services in community health centers using electronic health record data.

Methods

Demographic data from adult (aged 19-64 years) Oregon Experiment participants were probabilistically matched to electronic health record data from 49 Oregon community health centers within the OCHIN community health information network (N=10,643). Intent-to-treat analyses compared receip

SUBMITTER: Marino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4718854 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature