Health Care Expenditures Among Adults With Diabetes After Oregon's Medicaid Expansion.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare trends in Medicaid expenditures among adults with diabetes who were newly eligible due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion to trends among those previously eligible.

Research design and methods

Using Oregon Medicaid administrative data from 1 January 2014 to 30 September 2016, a retrospective cohort study was conducted with propensity score-matched Medicaid eligibility groups (newly and previously eligible). Outcome measures included total per-member per-month (PMPM) Medicaid expenditures and PMPM expenditures in the following 12 categories: inpatient visits, emergency department visits, primary care physician visits, specialist visits, prescription drugs, transportation services, tests, imaging and echography, procedures, durable medical

SUBMITTER: Lindner SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7035584 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature