Receipt of Preventive Services After Oregon’s Randomized Medicaid Experiment

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• 作者：Miguel Marino ; PhD¹ ; ² ; ^{marinom@ohsu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Steffani R. Bailey ; PhD¹ ; Rachel Gold ; PhD ; MPH³ ; ⁴ ; Megan J. Hoopes ; MPH³ ; Jean P. O&rsquo ; Malley ; MPH² ; Nathalie Huguet ; PhD¹ ; John Heintzman ; MD¹ ; Charles Gallia ; PhD⁵ ; K. John McConnell ; PhD⁶ ; Jennifer E. DeVoe ; MD ; DPhil¹ ; ³
• 刊名：American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：50
• 期：2
• 页码：161-170
• 全文大小：429 K

文摘

It is predicted that gaining health insurance via the Affordable Care Act will result in increased rates of preventive health services receipt in the U.S., primarily based on self-reported findings from previous health insurance expansion studies. This study examined the long-term (36-month) impact of Oregon’s 2008 randomized Medicaid expansion (“Oregon Experiment”) on receipt of 12 preventive care services in community health centers using electronic health record data.

Methods

Demographic data from adult (aged 19–64 years) Oregon Experiment participants were probabilistically matched to electronic health record data from 49 Oregon community health centers within the OCHIN community health information network (N=10,643). Intent-to-treat analyses compared receipt of preventive services over a 36-month (2008–2011) period among those randomly assigned to apply for Medicaid versus not assigned, and instrumental variable analyses estimated the effect of actually gaining Medicaid coverage on preventive services receipt (data collected in 2012–2014; analysis performed in 2014–2015).

Results

Intent-to-treat analyses revealed statistically significant differences between patients randomly assigned to apply for Medicaid (versus not assigned) for 8 of 12 assessed preventive services. In intent-to-treat analyses, Medicaid coverage significantly increased the odds of receipt of most preventive services (ORs ranging from 1.04 [95% CI=1.02, 1.06] for smoking assessment to 1.27 [95% CI=1.02, 1.57] for mammography).

Conclusions

Rates of preventive services receipt will likely increase as community health center patients gain insurance through Affordable Care Act expansions. Continued effort is needed to increase health insurance coverage in an effort to decrease health disparities in vulnerable populations.