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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 6 of 6 Research Studies DisplayedBiener AI, Selden TM
AHRQ Author: Biener AI, Selden TM
Public and private payments for physician office visits.
Using data for 2014-15 from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to estimate standardized payments for nonelderly adults' physician office visits by type of insurance, researchers found that adults with public insurance, especially Medicaid, had substantially lower provider payments, out-of-pocket spending, and third-party payments than their peers with employer-sponsored or Marketplace insurance.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Biener AI, Selden TM .
Public and private payments for physician office visits.
Health Aff 2017 Dec;36(12):2160-64. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0749.
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Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Payment, Health Insurance, Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Yabroff KR, Kirby J, Zodet M
AHRQ Author: Kirby J, Zodet M
Association of insurance gains and losses with access to prescription drugs.
The researchers used longitudinal data to assess the effects of insurance gains and losses on prescription drug access. Their findings that unmet need for prescription drugs declined among initially uninsured adults who gained coverage and doubled among initially insured adults who lost coverage provide longitudinal evidence that having and maintaining health insurance is a key protection against unmet need for prescription drugs in a nationally representative sample.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Yabroff KR, Kirby J, Zodet M .
Association of insurance gains and losses with access to prescription drugs.
JAMA Intern Med 2017 Oct;177(10):1531-32. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.4011.
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Keywords: Access to Care, Health Insurance, Medication, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Uninsured
Chen J, Vargas-Bustamante A, Novak P
Reducing young adults' health care spending through the ACA expansion of dependent coverage.
The researchers estimated health care expenditure trends among young adults ages 19-25 before and after the 2010 implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision that extended eligibility for dependent private health insurance coverage. They found that increased health insurance enrollment as a consequence of the ACA provision for dependent coverage has successfully reduced spending and catastrophic expenditures, providing financial protections for young adults.
AHRQ-funded; HS022135.
Citation: Chen J, Vargas-Bustamante A, Novak P .
Reducing young adults' health care spending through the ACA expansion of dependent coverage.
Health Serv Res 2017 Oct;52(5):1835-57. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12555.
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Keywords: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Policy, Young Adults
Vistnes JP, Rohde F, Miller GE
AHRQ Author: Vistnes JP, Rohde F, Miller GE, Cooper PF
Substantial churn in health insurance offerings by small employers, 2014-15.
New data for 2014-15 from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component longitudinal survey show substantial churn in insurance offers by small employers (those with fifty or fewer workers), with 14.6 percent of employers that offered insurance in 2014 having dropped it in 2015 and 5.5 percent of those that did not offer it adding coverage.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Vistnes JP, Rohde F, Miller GE .
Substantial churn in health insurance offerings by small employers, 2014-15.
Health Aff 2017 Sep;36(9):1632-36. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0431.
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Keywords: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Health Insurance, Health Insurance
Miller GE, Vistnes J, Buettgens M
AHRQ Author: Miller GE, Vistnes J
The availability and marginal costs of dependent employer-sponsored health insurance.
In this study, the investigators examined differences by firm size in the availability of dependent coverage and the incremental cost of such coverage. They indicate that their results suggest that firm size may be an important factor in policy assessments, such as analyses of the financial implications for families excluded from subsidized Marketplace coverage due to affordable offers of single coverage or of potential rollbacks to public coverage for children.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Miller GE, Vistnes J, Buettgens M .
The availability and marginal costs of dependent employer-sponsored health insurance.
Int J Health Econ Manag 2017 Jun;17(2):251-60. doi: 10.1007/s10754-016-9210-8..
Keywords: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs
Abdus S, Hill SC
AHRQ Author: Abdus S, Hill SC
Growing insurance coverage did not reduce access to care for the continuously insured.
The researchers examined data for the period 2008-14 from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and found no consistent evidence that increases in the proportions of adults with insurance at the local-area level affected access to care for adults residing in the same areas who already had, and continued to have, insurance.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Abdus S, Hill SC .
Growing insurance coverage did not reduce access to care for the continuously insured.
Health Aff 2017 May;36(5):791-98. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1671.
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Keywords: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Health Insurance, Access to Care, Policy