Medicaid Expansion and Medicare-Financed Hospitalizations Among Adult Patients With Incident Kidney Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although Medicare provides health insurance coverage for most patients with kidney failure in the US, Medicare beneficiaries who initiate dialysis without supplemental coverage are exposed to substantial out-of-pocket costs. The availability of expanded Medicaid coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) for adults with kidney failure may improve access to care and reduce Medicare-financed hospitalizations after dialysis initiation.

Objective

To examine the implications of the ACA's Medicaid expansion for Medicare-financed hospitalizations, health insurance coverage, and predialysis nephrology care among Medicare-covered adults aged 19 to 64 years with incident kidney failure in the first year after initiating dialysis.

Design, setting,

SUBMITTER: Nguyen KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9636522 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature