Medicaid Managed Care in Florida and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Preventable Emergency Department Visits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In an effort to address health care spending growth, coordinate care, and improve access to primary care in the Medicaid program, Florida implemented the Statewide Mandatory Managed Care (SMMC) program in May of 2014.

Objectives

The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of implementation of mandatory managed care in Medicaid on the preventable emergency department (ED) utilizations, with a focus on racial/ethnic minorities.

Research design

The primary data source is the universe of Florida ED visit and inpatient discharge data from 2010 to 2015, maintained by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. We adopt the New York University Billing's ED Classification Algorithm to create measures for preventable ED visits. Using difference-i

SUBMITTER: Hu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5945306 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature