Prevalence and Medical Costs of Chronic Diseases Among Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This review summarizes the current literature for the prevalence and medical costs of noncommunicable chronic diseases among adult Medicaid beneficiaries to inform future program design.

Methods

The databases MEDLINE and CINAHL were searched in August 2016 using keywords, including Medicaid, health status, and healthcare cost, to identify original studies that were published during 2000-2016, examined Medicaid as an independent population group, examined prevalence or medical costs of chronic conditions, and included adults within the age group 18-64 years. The review and data extraction was conducted in Fall 2016-Spring 2017. Disease-related costs (costs specifically to treat the disease) and total costs (all-cause medical costs for a patient with the disease)

SUBMITTER: Chapel JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5798200 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature