Co-payment policies and breast and cervical cancer screening in Medicaid.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigated the relationship between state Medicaid co-payment policies and cancer screening for Medicaid-enrolled women.

Study design

Cross-sectional analysis of administrative claims and enrollment data.

Methods

Our data included Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) outpatient claims files across 43 states in 2003, 2008, and 2010, the years for which both MAX data and state cost-sharing data were available. Data on enrollee demographics and screening services from enrollment and claims files were merged with state-year data on co-payment policies and county-level controls from the Area Health Resources File. Participants were nonelderly, nondisabled, nonpregnant women in the recommended age range for each screening service (50-64 years for mammogra

SUBMITTER: Sabik LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8011838 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature