Association of the National Dependent Coverage Expansion With Insurance Use for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services by Female Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Sexual and reproductive health services are a primary reason for care seeking by female young adults, but the association of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Expansion (ACA-DCE) with insurance use for these services has not been studied to our knowledge. Insurer billing practices may compromise dependent confidentiality, potentially discouraging dependents from using insurance or obtaining care.

Objective

To evaluate the association between implementation of ACA-DCE and insurance use for confidential sexual and reproductive health services by female young adults newly eligible for parental coverage.

Design, setting, and participants

For this cross-sectional study, a difference-in-differences analysis of a US national sa

SUBMITTER: Ellison JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7749438 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature