Use of Veterans Affairs and Medicaid Services for Dually Enrolled Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine how dual coverage for nonelderly, low-income veterans by Veterans Affairs (VA) and Medicaid affects their demand for care.

Data sources

Veterans Affairs utilization data and Medicaid Analytic Extract Files.

Study design

A retrospective, longitudinal study of VA users prior to and following enrollment in Medicaid 2006-2010.

Data collection/extraction methods

Veterans Affairs reliance, or proportion of care provided by VA, was estimated with beta-binomial models, adjusting for patient and state Medicaid program factors.

Principal findings

In a cohort of 19,890 nonelderly veterans, VA utilization levels were similar before and after enrolling in Medicaid. VA outpatient reliance was 0.65, and VA inpatient reliance was 0.53 after Medicai

SUBMITTER: Yoon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5980176 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature