Association of Medicaid Expansion Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act With Use of Long-term Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medicaid expansion is associated with increased access to health services, increased quality of medical care delivered, and reduced mortality, but little is known about its association with use of long-term care.

Objective

To examine the association of Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) with long-term care use among newly eligible low-income adults and among older adults whose eligibility did not change.

Design, setting, and participants

This difference-in-difference cohort study used data from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of persons 50 years or older. Long-term care use from 2008 to 2012 was compared with use from 2014 to 2016 among low-income adults aged 50 to 6

SUBMITTER: Van Houtven CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7530637 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature