Medicaid expansion and opioid overdose mortality among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations in the US: A difference in differences analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioid-related overdoses are a major cause of mortality in the US. Medicaid Expansion is posited to reduce opioid overdose-related mortality (OORM), and may have a particularly strong effect among people of lower socioeconomic status. This study assessed the association between state Medicaid Expansion and county-level OORM rates among individuals with low educational attainment.

Methods

This quasi-experimental study used lagged multilevel difference-in-difference models to test the relationship of state Medicaid Expansion to county-level OORM rates among people with a high-school diploma or less. Longitudinal (2008-2018) OORM data on 2978 counties nested in 48 states and the District of Columbia (DC) were drawn from the National Center for Health Statistics. The

SUBMITTER: Ibragimov U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8971012 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature