The Early Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Uninsured Patients Undergoing Emergency General Surgery

被引:13
作者
Chiu, Alexander S. [1 ]
Jean, Raymond A. [1 ,2 ]
Ross, Joseph S. [2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Pei, Kevin Y. [1 ]
机构
[1] Yale Sch Med, Dept Surg, 330 Cedar St,FMB 116, New Haven, CT 06510 USA
[2] Yale Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Natl Clinician Scholars Program, New Haven, CT USA
[3] Yale Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Sect Gen Internal Med, New Haven, CT USA
[4] Yale Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Policy & Management, New Haven, CT USA
[5] Yale New Haven Med Ctr, Ctr Outcomes Res & Evaluat, 20 York St, New Haven, CT 06504 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院; 美国医疗保健研究与质量局;
关键词
Medicaid expansion; Emergency general surgery; Uninsured; HEALTH-INSURANCE COVERAGE; AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RACE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jss.2018.06.037
中图分类号
R61 [外科手术学];
学科分类号
摘要
Background: Under the Affordable Care Act, eligibility for Medicaid coverage was expanded to all adults with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level in states that participated. We sought to examine the national impact Medicaid expansion has had on insurance coverage for patients undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS) and the cost burden to patients. Materials and methods: The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) was used to identify adults >= 18 y old who underwent the 10 most burdensome EGS operations (defined as a combination of frequency, cost, and morbidity). Distribution of insurance type before and after Medicaid expansion and charges to uninsured patients was evaluated. Weighted averages were used to produce nationally representative estimates. Results: A total of 6,847,169 patients were included. The percentage of uninsured EGS patients changed from 9.4% the year before Medicaid expansion to 7.0% after (P < 0.01), whereas the percentage of patients on Medicaid increased from 16.4% to 19.4% (P < 0.01). The cumulative charges to uninsured patients for EGS decreased from $1590 million before expansion to $1211 million after. Conclusions: In the first year of Medicaid expansion, the number of uninsured EGS patients dropped by 2.4%. The cost burden to uninsured EGS patients decreased by over $300 million. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:217 / 226
页数:10
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