Health Care Access and Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Working-Age Adults With Low Income by State Medicaid Expansion Status.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medicaid expansion led to gains in insurance coverage among working-age adults with low income. To date, the extent to which disparities in access and cardiovascular care persist for this population in Medicaid nonexpansion and expansion states is unknown.

Objective

To compare insurance coverage, health care access, and cardiovascular risk factor management between working-age adults (age 18-64 years) with low income in Medicaid nonexpansion and expansion states and between uninsured and insured adults in these states.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study analyzed data on adults aged 18 to 64 years with low income from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from January 1 to December 31, 2019.

Exposures

State Medicaid

SUBMITTER: Oseran AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9161120 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature