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ArticleMedical care2018

Medicaid Managed Care in Florida and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Preventable Emergency Department Visits.

Tianyan Hu, Karoline Mortensen, Jie Chen

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Article in Medical care, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tianyan HuDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami.
Karoline MortensenDepartment of Health Sector Management and Policy, School of Business Administration, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Jie ChenDepartment of Health Services Administration, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Florida International University · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USUniversity of Miami · US

Funding

Effects of Hospital-Community-Public Health Integration on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental HealthR01MD011523 · NIMHD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI CHEN, JIE · 2017 to 2022
$2.9M
NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD011523
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn an effort to address health care spending growth, coordinate care, and improve access to primary care in the Medicaid program, Florida implemented the Statewide Mandatory Managed Care (SMMC) program in May of 2014.

objectivesThe objective of this study is to investigate the impact of implementation of mandatory managed care in Medicaid on the preventable emergency department (ED) utilizations, with a focus on racial/ethnic minorities. RESEARCH

designThe primary data source is the universe of Florida ED visit and inpatient discharge data from 2010 to 2015, maintained by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. We adopt the New York University Billing's ED Classification Algorithm to create measures for preventable ED visits. Using difference-in-differences estimation, we examine preventable ED visits for Florida residents aged 18-64 with a primary payer of Medicaid (treatment group) and private health insurance (control group) pre-SMMC and post-SMMC reform.

resultsOur findings show that SMMC is statistically significantly associated with more reductions in preventable ED visits among non-Hispanic African American (incidence rate ratio=0.81; 95% confidence interval, 0.70-0.94) and Hispanic (incidence rate ratio=0.72; 95% CI, 0.60-0.87) Medicaid enrollees relative to their white counterparts. We also find significant reduction of racial/ethnic disparities only in counties with above median preimplementation Medicaid managed care penetration rate.

conclusionsOur findings suggest that implementation of Medicaid mandatory managed care in Florida is associated with reduced racial/ethnic disparities in preventable ED visits.

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AdultEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleFloridaHealthcare DisparitiesHealth Services AccessibilityHumansInsurance CoverageMaleManaged Care ProgramsMiddle AgedMinority GroupsQuality of Health CareYoung Adult

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PMID29629922
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