Sports and non-sports-related concussions among Medicaid-insured children: health care utilization before and after Ohio's concussion law.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate patterns of health care utilization for sports-related concussions (SRCs) and non-sports-related concussions (NSRCs) among Medicaid-insured children before and after the enactment of Ohio's concussion law in April 2013.

Methods

We analyzed claim data from the Partners For Kids (PFK) Ohio Medicaid database. Concussion diagnoses were identified between April 1, 2008 and June 30, 2017. We compared frequency of concussions by age and sex across the law period. We evaluated type of health care utilization before and after law enactment using multinomial logistic regression.

Results

Over the 9 year study period, 6157 concussions were included, most of which (70.4%) were NSRCs. The proportion of SRCs increased with age. Among children younger than 5 yea

SUBMITTER: Newton A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7604964 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature