Effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on the Compensation of New Primary Care Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is well-documented that the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion increased health care utilization by low-income Americans. Emerging studies also found that the expansion changed the geographical distribution of new physicians. However, the effect of the expansion on physician compensation has not been studied.

Objectives

We aimed to assess how the Medicaid expansion affected the compensation of new primary care physicians (PCPs) and whether the effect differed by specialty, gender, and geography.

Research design

We used a quasiexperimental difference-in-differences design to assess changes in compensation for new PCPs from before to after the Medicaid expansion in states that expanded Medicaid compared with states that did not expand.

Subjects

SUBMITTER: Ma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9262825 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature