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ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2025

Association of Allergy Specialty Care and Asthma Outcomes for Medicaid-Enrolled Children.

Melanie Boyd, Arina Eyimina, Clare C Brown, Anthony Goudie, Erhan Ararat, Mandana Rezaeiahari, Tamara T Perry, J Mick Tilford, Akilah A Jefferson

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Melanie BoydDepartment of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, AR.
Arina EyiminaDepartment of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, AR.
Clare C BrownDepartment of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, AR.
Anthony GoudieDepartment of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, AR.
Erhan AraratPediatric Pulmonary Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
Mandana RezaeiahariDepartment of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, AR.
Tamara T PerryAllergy & Immunology Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, AR.
J Mick TilfordDepartment of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, AR.
Akilah A JeffersonAllergy & Immunology Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, AR. Electronic address: aajefferson@uams.edu.

Funding

Arkansas Center for Health Disparities T32 Pre-doctoral Research Training ProgramT32MD015016 · NIMHD · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI Jonathan Bona, JOHN M TILFORD · 2020 to 2026
$1.3M
Algorithmic fairness in predictive models to eliminate disparities in adverse infant outcomes: A case for raceK01MD018072 · NIMHD · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI BROWN, CLARE C · 2022 to 2025
$496k
Multifactorial Asthma Determinants in Underresourced Pediatric PopulationsK23HL174407 · NHLBI · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Akilah Andrea Jefferson · 2024 to 2026
$494k
Understanding Utilization of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Using Social Network AnalysisK25DK136966 · NIDDK · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI Mandana Rezaeiahari · 2024 to 2026
$459k
NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL174407NIDDK NIH HHS K25 DK136966NIMHD NIH HHS K01 MD018072NIMHD NIH HHS T32 MD015016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the comparative effectiveness of allergy specialist care for children with asthma enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid program. STUDY

designWe used the Arkansas All-Payers Claims Database to identify Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma who had an allergy specialist visit in 2018. These children were propensity score matched to children without an allergy specialist visit to evaluate differences in asthma-related adverse events (AAEs), specifically emergency department visits and/or hospitalizations in 2019. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the association between allergy specialist care in 2018 and AAEs in 2019.

resultsPrior to matching, a higher percentage of children with an allergy specialist visit had persistent asthma, were atopic, and received influenza vaccination. In the matched sample, 10.1% of identified patients experienced an AAE in 2019. Adjusted analysis showed 21.0% lower odds of AAEs (aOR: 0.79; 95% CI: 0.63, 0.98) in 2019 for children with an allergy specialist visit (n = 2964) in 2018 compared with those without an allergy specialist visit (ME: 9.1% vs 11.0%; P = .04).

conclusionsChildren with asthma enrolled in Arkansas Medicaid who saw an allergy specialist were less likely to have an AAE. Asthma quality metrics developed using guideline-based recommendations for allergy specialist care should be considered for asthma health management programs.

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Allergy and ImmunologyAsthmaMedicaidAdolescentArkansasChildChild, PreschoolEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHospitalizationHumansInfantMaleRetrospective StudiesUnited Statesallergy specialty careasthma exacerbationasthma outcomepediatric asthma

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PMID39428094
PMCPMC11788064

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