State Medicaid Expansions for Parents Led to Increased Coverage and Prenatal Care Utilization among Pregnant Mothers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate impacts of state Medicaid expansions for low-income parents on the health insurance coverage, pregnancy intention, and use of prenatal care among mothers who became pregnant.

Data sources/study setting

Person-level data for women with a live birth from the 1997-2012 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.

Data collection/extraction methods

The sample was restricted to women who were already parents using information on previous live births and combined with information on state Medicaid policies for low-income parents.

Study design

I used a measure of expanded generosity of state Medicaid eligibility for low-income parents to estimate changes in health insurance, pregnancy intention, and prenatal care for pregnant mothers associated w

SUBMITTER: Wherry LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153180 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature