Effects of ACA Expansion of Dependent Coverage on Hospital-Based Care of Young Adults With Early Psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Since 2010, the Affordable Care Act has required private health plans to extend dependent coverage to adults up to age 26. Because psychosis often begins in young adulthood, expanded private insurance benefits may affect early psychosis treatment. The authors examined changes in insurance coverage and hospital-based service use among young adults with psychosis before and after this change.

Methods

The study included a national sample (2006-2013) of discharges and emergency department visits. Using a difference-in-differences study design, the authors compared changes in insurance coverage (measured as payer source), per capita admissions, and 30-day readmissions for psychosis before and after ACA dependent coverage expansion among targeted individuals (ages 20-25)

SUBMITTER: Busch SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7605277 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature