Oregon Medicaid Expenditures After the 2014 Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion: Over-time Differences Among New, Returning, and Continuously Insured Enrollees.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There is interest in assessing health care utilization and expenditures among new Medicaid enrollees after the 2014 Medicaid expansion. Recent studies have not differentiated between newly enrolled individuals and those returning after coverage gaps. OBJECTIVES:To assess health care expenditures among Medicaid enrollees in the 24 months after Oregon's 2014 Medicaid expansions and examine whether expenditure patterns were different among the newly, returning, and continuously insured (CI). RESEARCH DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study using inverse-propensity weights to adjust for differences between groups. SUBJECTS:Oregon adult Medicaid beneficiaries insured continuously from 2014 to 2015 who were either newly, returning, or CI. MEASURES:Monthly expenditures for inpatient care, pr

SUBMITTER: Springer R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5893375 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature