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ArticleJournal of primary care & community health

The Impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Acute Diabetes Complications Among Community Health Center Patients.

Nathalie Huguet, Dang Dinh, Jun Hwang, Miguel Marino, Annie E Larson, Andrew Suchocki, Jennifer E DeVoe

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Article in Journal of primary care & community health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Nathalie HuguetOregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4064-1553
Dang DinhOregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Jun HwangOregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Miguel MarinoOregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Annie E LarsonOCHIN Inc., Portland, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0080-3220
Andrew SuchockiClackamas Health Centers, Oregon City, OR, USA.
Jennifer E DeVoeOregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Oregon Health & Science University · USClackamas Community College · USOchin · USPortland State University · US

Funding

DP20-002 ACE-D: Assess insurance Coverage Expansion on Diabetes complicationsU18DP006536 · DP · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI HUGUET, NATHALIE · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
NCCDPHP CDC HHS U18 DP006536
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study evaluates whether patients residing in expansion states have a greater increase in outpatient diagnoses of acute diabetes complications than those living in non-expansion states following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

methodsThis retrospective cohort study uses electronic health records (EHR) from 10,665 non-pregnant patients, aged 19 to 64 years old who were diagnosed with diabetes in 2012 or 2013 from 347 community health centers (CHCs) across 16 states (11 expansion and 5 non-expansion states). Patients included had ≥1 outpatient ambulatory visit in each of these periods: pre-ACA: 2012 to 2013, post-ACA: 2014 to 2016, and post-ACA: 2017 to 2019. Acute diabetes-related complications were identified using International Classification Diseases (ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM) codes classification and could occur on or after diagnosis of diabetes. We performed difference-in-differences (DID) analysis using a generalized estimating equation to compare the change in rates of acute diabetes complications by year and by Medicaid expansion status.

resultsThere was a greater increase after year 2015 in visits related to abnormal blood glucose among patient living in Medicaid expansion states than in non-expansion states (2017 DID = 0.041, 95% CI = 0.027-0.056). Although both visits due to any acute diabetes complications and infection-related diabetes complications were higher among patients living in Medicaid expansion states, there was no difference in the trend overtime between expansion and non-expansion states.

conclusionWe found a significantly greater rate of visits for abnormal blood glucose in patients receiving care in expansion states relative to patients in CHCs in non-expansion states starting in 2015. Additional resources for these clinics, such as the ability to provide blood glucose monitoring devices or mailed/delivered medications, could substantially benefit patients with diabetes.

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Diabetes ComplicationsDiabetes MellitusAdultBlood GlucoseBlood Glucose Self-MonitoringCommunity Health CentersHealth Services AccessibilityHumansMedicaidMiddle AgedPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesYoung AdultBlood Glucoseaccess to carecommunity health centersdiabetesglucoseMedicaid

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PMID37139559
PMCPMC10161334
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