Examination of Elective Bariatric Surgery Rates Before and After US Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is limited evidence on whether the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion beginning in 2014 improved access to elective procedures. Uninsured individuals are at higher risk of obesity and may have experienced improved uptake of bariatric surgery following Medicaid expansion.

Objective

To examine the association between Medicaid expansion and the receipt of inpatient elective bariatric surgery among Medicaid-covered and uninsured individuals aged 26 to 64 years.

Design setting and participants

This cohort study used difference-in-differences analysis of all-payer data (2010-2017) of 637 557 elective bariatric surgeries for patients aged 26 to 74 years from 11 Medicaid expansion states and 6 nonexpansion states. Nonexpansion states and individuals aged

SUBMITTER: Hanchate AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8727038 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature