The Effect of Medicaid Physician Fee Increases on Health Care Access, Utilization, and Expenditures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effect of Medicaid fee changes on health care access, utilization, and spending for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Data source

We use the 2008 and 2012 waves of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey linked to state-level Medicaid-to-Medicare primary care reimbursement ratios obtained through surveys conducted by the Urban Institute. We also incorporate data from the Current Population Survey and the Area Resource Files.

Study design

Using a control group made up of the low-income privately insured, we conduct a difference-in-differences analysis to assess the relationship between Medicaid fee changes and access to care, utilization of health care services, and out-of-pocket medical expenditures for Medicaid enrollees.

Principal findings

We fin

SUBMITTER: Callison K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5867180 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature