Association of State Medicaid Expansion Status With Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Low birth weight and preterm birth are associated with adverse consequences including increased risk of infant mortality and chronic health conditions. Black infants are more likely than white infants to be born prematurely, which has been associated with disparities in infant mortality and other chronic conditions.

Objective

To evaluate whether Medicaid expansion was associated with changes in rates of low birth weight and preterm birth outcomes, both overall and by race/ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

Using US population-based data from the National Center for Health Statistics Birth Data Files (2011-2016), difference-in-differences (DID) and difference-in-difference-in-differences (DDD) models were estimated using multivariable linear probab

SUBMITTER: Brown CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6487545 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature