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Unwinding of Medicaid enrollment and increased uninsured emergency department visits in California.
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Abstract
Objective: To examine the association between post-pandemic era Medicaid eligibility redeterminations ("unwinding") and emergency department (ED) payer mix in California. Methods: We conducted a retrospective secondary analysis of California's quarterly ED visit data (2021-2024) across 281 general acute-care hospitals, using interrupted time-series analysis. Results: During unwinding, Medicaid ED visits declined by 0.37 percentage points (pp) and uninsured ED visits increased by 0.16 pp per quarter ( Conclusion: Medicaid unwinding was associated with a decline in Medicaid ED visits and a corresponding increase in uninsured ED visits, with varying impacts across hospital types in California.
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