Association of Medicaid Expansion With Postpartum Depression Treatment in Arkansas.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Postpartum depression affects approximately 1 in every 8 postpartum individuals in the US. Antidepressant medication can effectively treat postpartum depression. However, gaps in postpartum insurance coverage after the end of Medicaid pregnancy coverage at 60 days postpartum may limit treatment uptake and decrease continuity of postpartum depression treatment.

Objective

To examine the association of Medicaid expansion in Arkansas with postpartum antidepressant prescription fills and antidepressant continuation and supply during the first 6 months postpartum.

Design, setting, and participants

Cohort study with a difference-in-differences analysis comparing persons with Medicaid and commercially financed childbirth using Arkansas' All-Payer Claims Database (2

SUBMITTER: Steenland MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9958523 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature