ArticleHealth services research2015
Effect of Medicaid Expansions on Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care among Low-Income Adults with Behavioral Health Conditions.
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- Estimating the impact on initiating medications for opioid use disorder of state policies expanding Medicaid and prohibiting substance use during pregnancy.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Impact of Medicaid expansion and methadone coverage as a medication for opioid use disorder on foster care entries during the opioid crisis.Children and youth services review · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the effect of Medicaid expansions on health insurance coverage and access to care among low-income adults with behavioral health conditions. DATA SOURCES/STUDY
settingNine years (2004-2012) of individual-level cross-sectional data from a restricted-access version of National Survey on Drug Use and Health. STUDY
designA quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design comparing outcomes among residents in 14 states that implemented Medicaid expansions for low-income adults under the Section §1115 waiver with those residing in the rest of the country. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION
methodsThe analytic sample includes low-income adult respondents with household incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level who have a behavioral health condition: approximately 28,400 low-income adults have past-year serious psychological distress and 24,900 low-income adults have a past-year substance use disorder (SUD). PRINCIPAL
findingsAmong low-income adults with behavioral health conditions, Medicaid expansions were associated with a reduction in the rate of uninsurance (p < .05), a reduction in the probability of perceiving an unmet need for mental health (MH) treatment (p < .05) and for SUD treatment (p < .05), as well as an increase in the probability of receiving MH treatment (p < .01).
conclusionsThe ongoing implementation of Medicaid expansions has the potential to improve health insurance coverage and access to care for low-income adults with behavioral health conditions.
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