Association of Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act With Outcomes and Access to Rehabilitation in Young Adult Trauma Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Trauma is the leading cause of death and disability among young adults in the United States. Young adults are also the age group most likely to be uninsured. Implementation of Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has increased insurance coverage, but its associations with trauma care and outcomes among young adults nationwide remain unknown. We examined whether Medicaid expansion, in its first year, was associated with changes in insurance coverage and improved outcomes in young adults hospitalized for traumatic injury.

Objective

To assess the associations of ACA Medicaid expansion with insurance coverage, in-hospital mortality, failure to rescue, access to rehabilitation, and unplanned readmissions among hospitalized young adult trauma patient

SUBMITTER: Akande M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142957 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature