Medicaid Expansion and Perinatal Health Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
Birthing Parent Health
Infant Health
Medicaid Expansion
PRAMS
Journal
Maternal and child health journal
ISSN: 1573-6628
Titre abrégé: Matern Child Health J
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9715672
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Jan 2024
20 Jan 2024
Historique:
accepted:
21
12
2023
medline:
20
1
2024
pubmed:
20
1
2024
entrez:
20
1
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
There has been little evidence of the impact of preventive services during pregnancy covered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on birthing parent and infant outcomes. To address this gap, this study examines the association between Medicaid expansion under the ACA and birthing parent and infant outcomes of low-income pregnant people. This study used individual-level data from the 2004-2017 annual waves of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). PRAMS is a surveillance project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and health departments that annually includes a representative sample of 1,300 to 3,400 births per state, selected from birth certificates. Birthing parents' outcomes of interest included timing of prenatal care, gestational diabetes, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, cigarette smoking during pregnancy, and postpartum care. Infant outcomes included initiation and duration of breastfeeding, preterm birth, and birth weight. The association between ACA Medicaid expansion and the birthing parent and infant outcomes were examined using difference-in-differences estimation. There was no association between Medicaid expansion and the outcomes examined after correcting for multiple testing. This finding was robust to several sensitivity analyses. Study findings suggest that expanded access to more complete insurance benefits with limited cost-sharing for pregnant people, a group that already had high rates of insurance coverage, did not impact the birthing parents' and infant health outcomes examined.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38244182
doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03879-y
pii: 10.1007/s10995-023-03879-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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