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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedGold R, Bailey SR, O'Malley JP
Estimating demand for care after a Medicaid expansion: lessons from Oregon.
In order to estimate how the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansions will affect demand for services, the authors measured ambulatory care utilization among adult patients who gained insurance during Oregon's 2008 Medicaid expansion. They found that, in comparisons of the pre- and postcoverage periods, the mean annual encounters among persons who gained insurance increased 22% to 35%, but declined in the comparison groups.
AHRQ-funded; HS021522.
Citation: Gold R, Bailey SR, O'Malley JP .
Estimating demand for care after a Medicaid expansion: lessons from Oregon.
J Ambul Care Manage 2014 Oct-Dec;37(4):282-92. doi: 10.1097/jac.0000000000000023.
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Keywords: Access to Care, Healthcare Utilization, Policy, Health Services Research (HSR), Medicaid
Kesselheim AS, Tan YT, Darrow JJ
Existing FDA pathways have potential to ensure early access to, and appropriate use of, specialty drugs.
The researchers reviewed the different strategies that the FDA can use to approve and influence the post-approval prescribing of specialty drugs, including expediting the drugs' availability to patients through expanded access programs and expedited approval pathways, limiting the scope of the drugs' indications, and encouraging the development of companion diagnostic tests to indicate which patients should receive the drugs.
AHRQ-funded; HS018465.
Citation: Kesselheim AS, Tan YT, Darrow JJ .
Existing FDA pathways have potential to ensure early access to, and appropriate use of, specialty drugs.
Health Aff 2014 Oct;33(10):1770-8. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0529.
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Keywords: Access to Care, Medication, Policy
Aliu O, Auger KA, Sun GH
The effect of pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid eligibility expansion in New York State on access to specialty surgical care.
Using the natural experiment of Medicaid expansion in New York (NY) State in October 2001, the study investigators examined whether Medicaid expansion increased access to common musculoskeletal procedures for Medicaid beneficiaries. They concluded that Medicaid expansion in NY State significantly improved access to common musculoskeletal procedures for Medicaid beneficiaries.
AHRQ-funded; HS020672.
Citation: Aliu O, Auger KA, Sun GH .
The effect of pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid eligibility expansion in New York State on access to specialty surgical care.
Med Care 2014 Sep;52(9):790-5. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000175..
Keywords: Access to Care, Policy, Medicaid, Surgery