The effects of Medicaid on access to care and adherence to recommended preventive services.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the impact of Medicaid enrollment on access to care and adherence to recommended preventive services.

Data source

2005-2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component.

Study design

We examined several access measures and utilization of several preventive services within the past year and within the time frame recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force, if more than a year. We estimated local average treatment effects of Medicaid enrollment using a new, two-stage regression model developed by Nguimkeu, Denteh, and Tchernis. This model accounts for both endogenous and underreported Medicaid enrollment by using a partial observability bivariate probit regression as the first stage. We identify the model with an exogeno

SUBMITTER: Hill SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7839643 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature