Identification of Cross-sector Service Utilization Patterns Among Urban Medicaid Expansion Enrollees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The expansion of Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act opened new opportunities to provide health coverage to low-income adults who may be involved in other public sectors.

Objective

The main objective of this study was to describe cross-sector utilization patterns among urban Medicaid expansion enrollees.

Research design

We merged data from 4 public sectors (health care, human services, housing, and criminal justice) for 98,282 Medicaid expansion enrollees in Hennepin County, MN. We fit a latent class model to indicators of cross-sector involvement.

Measures

Indicator variables described involvement levels within each sector from March 2011 through December 2014. Demographic and chronic condition indicators were included post hoc to characteri

SUBMITTER: Bodurtha PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045703 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature