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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 5 of 5 Research Studies DisplayedCreedon TB, Cook BL
Access to mental health care increased but not for substance use, while disparities remain.
The researchers assessed whether early implementation of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion and state health insurance exchanges increased access to mental health and substance use treatment among those in need and whether these changes differed by racial/ethnic group. They found that mental health treatment rates increased significantly but found no evidence of a reduction in the wide racial/ethnic disparities in mental health treatment that preceded ACA expansion from 2005 to 2013.
AHRQ-funded; HS021486.
Citation: Creedon TB, Cook BL .
Access to mental health care increased but not for substance use, while disparities remain.
Health Aff 2016 Jun;35(6):1017-21. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0098.
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Keywords: Access to Care, Disparities, Health Insurance, Policy, Medicaid, Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse
Keohane LM, Rahman M, Mor V
Reforming access: trends in Medicaid enrollment for new Medicare beneficiaries, 2008-2011.
This study evaluated whether aligning the Part D low-income subsidy and Medicaid program enrollment pathways in 2010 increased Medicaid participation among new Medicare beneficiaries. It found that the percentage of beneficiaries enrolling in limited Medicaid at the start of Medicare coverage increased in 2010 by 0.3 percentage points for individuals aging into Medicare and by 1.3 percentage points for those qualifying due to disability.
AHRQ-funded; HS000011.
Citation: Keohane LM, Rahman M, Mor V .
Reforming access: trends in Medicaid enrollment for new Medicare beneficiaries, 2008-2011.
Health Serv Res 2016 Apr;51(2):550-69. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12349.
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Keywords: Medicare, Medicaid, Policy, Access to Care, Social Determinants of Health
Sommers BD, Blendon RJ, Orav EJ
Both the 'private option' and traditional Medicaid expansions improved access to care for low-income adults.
This study found that other than coverage type and trouble paying medical bills (which decreased more in Kentucky than in Arkansas), there were no significant differences between Kentucky's traditional Medicaid expansion and Arkansas's private option, which suggests that both approaches improved access among low-income adults.
AHRQ-funded; HS021291.
Citation: Sommers BD, Blendon RJ, Orav EJ .
Both the 'private option' and traditional Medicaid expansions improved access to care for low-income adults.
Health Aff 2016 Jan;35(1):96-105. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0917.
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Keywords: Medicaid, Low-Income, Healthcare Costs, Access to Care, Policy
Sommers BD, Kronick R
AHRQ Author: Kronick R
Measuring Medicaid physician participation rates and implications for policy.
The authors’ objective was to describe several alternative measures of provider participation in Medicaid using recently publicly available data, to compare state rankings across these different metrics, and to discuss potential advantages and disadvantages of each measure for research and policy purposes. Overall, they found that Medicaid participation as measured by raw percentages of physicians taking new Medicaid patients is only weakly correlated with population-based measures that account for both participation rates and the numbers of physicians per capita or physicians per Medicaid beneficiary.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Sommers BD, Kronick R .
Measuring Medicaid physician participation rates and implications for policy.
J Health Polit Policy Law 2016 Jan 5;41(2):211-24. doi: 10.1215/03616878-3476117.
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Keywords: Medicaid, Policy, Access to Care, Practice Patterns, Policy
Portela M, Sommers BD
On the outskirts of national health reform: a comparative assessment of health insurance and access to care in Puerto Rico and the United States.
This article presents an overview of Puerto Rico’s health care system and a comparative analysis of coverage and access to care in Puerto Rico and the mainland United States. It found that uninsured rates were significantly lower in Puerto Rico;. Medicaid was far more common in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican residents were more likely than those in the mainland United States to have a usual source of care and to have had a checkup within the past year.
AHRQ-funded; HS021291.
Citation: Portela M, Sommers BD .
On the outskirts of national health reform: a comparative assessment of health insurance and access to care in Puerto Rico and the United States.
Milbank Q 2015 Sep;93(3):584-608. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12138..
Keywords: Health Insurance, Access to Care, Policy, Medicaid, Uninsured