ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2020
Effects Of Medicaid Expansion On Postpartum Coverage And Outpatient Utilization.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.
- Health Insurance Coverage and Postpartum Outcomes in the US: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Primary Care-Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management After Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: a Narrative Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Experiences of Mothers Following the Medicaid Postpartum Extension.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Racial Inequities in Postpartum Coverage During Medicaid Continuous Coverage: Evidence From Affordable Care Act Expansion Versus Nonexpansion States.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- The Postpartum Pivot: A Critical Point in Life-Course Cardiometabolic Health.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
- Extended Pregnancy Medicaid During COVID-19 and Enrollment and Health Care Use in the Postpartum Year.The Milbank quarterly · 2026Article
- Racial Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the New Jersey Integrated Population Health Data Project.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Barriers and Needs for Postpartum Contraception.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement and Postpartum Hospitalization.JAMA health forum · 2026Article
- Medicaid Expansion and Rural-Urban Disparities in Postpartum Medicaid Coverage.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) · 2026Article
- US Coverage Changes During Medicaid Unwinding in 2023.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- Discrimination, racism, and bias in childbirth pain management in the United States: a scoping review and directions for research and clinical care.International journal of obstetric anesthesia · 2025Article
- Association of COVID-19 Continuous Enrollment With Self-Reported Postpartum Medicaid Continuity and Coverage Inequities.Health services research · 2025Article
- Call to Action to Quantify Non-Severe and Severe Maternal Morbidity.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · 2025Article
- Medicaid-covered health care visits during the postpartum year: Variation by enrollee characteristics and state.Health affairs scholar · 2025Article
- Ambulatory care utilization in the first 24 months' postpartum by rurality and pregnancy-related conditions: A prospective cohort study from Maine.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2025Article
- Coverage and Access Changes During Medicaid Unwinding.JAMA health forum · 2024Article
- Extended Postpartum Medicaid In Colorado Associated With Increased Treatment For Perinatal Mood And Anxiety Disorders.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2024Article
- Addressing Maternal and Child Health Disparities Through Perinatal Home Visiting.WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin · 2024Article
- Insights from obstetric providers and emergency medical technicians on determinants of maternal morbidity and mortality among underserved, rural patients in the United States.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Timely postpartum care is associated with lower maternal morbidity and mortality, yet fewer than half of Medicaid beneficiaries attend a postpartum visit. Medicaid enrollees are at higher risk of postpartum disruptions in insurance because pregnancy-related Medicaid eligibility ends sixty days after delivery. We used Medicaid claims data for 2013-15 from Colorado, which expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and Utah, which did not. We found that after expansion, new mothers in Utah experienced higher rates of Medicaid coverage loss and accessed fewer Medicaid-financed outpatient visits during the six months postpartum, relative to their counterparts in Colorado. The effects of Medicaid expansion on postpartum Medicaid enrollment and outpatient utilization were largest among women who experienced significant maternal morbidity at delivery. These findings provide evidence that expansion may promote the stability of postpartum coverage and increase the use of postpartum outpatient care in the Medicaid program.
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