Association of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Provision With Prenatal Care Use and Birth Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) dependent coverage provision on pregnancy-related health care and health outcomes is unknown.

Objective

To determine whether the dependent coverage provision was associated with changes in payment for birth, prenatal care, and birth outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study, using a differences-in-differences analysis of individual-level birth certificate data comparing live births among US women aged 24 to 25 years (exposure group) and women aged 27 to 28 years (control group) before (2009) and after (2011-2013) enactment of the dependent coverage provision. Results were stratified by marital status.

Main exposures

The dependent coverage provision of the ACA, which allowed youn

SUBMITTER: Daw JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5838787 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature