Wage Growth for the Health Care Workforce: Projecting the Affordable Care Act Impact.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To predict changes in wage growth for health care workers based on projections of insurance enrollment from the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Data sources

Enrollment data came from three large employers and a sampling of premiums from ehealthinsurance.com. Information on state Medicaid eligibility rules and costs were from the Kaiser Family Foundation. National predictions were based on the MEPS and Medicare Current Beneficiary surveys. Bureau of Labor Statistics data were used to estimate employment.

Study design

We projected health insurance enrollment by plan type using a health plan choice model. Using claims data, we measured the services demanded for each plan choice and year. Projections of labor demand were based on current output/input ratios. Changes

SUBMITTER: Parente ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5346488 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature