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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 DisplayedBradley CJ, Neumark D, Walker LS
The effect of primary care visits on other health care utilization: a randomized controlled trial of cash incentives offered to low income, uninsured adults in Virginia.
Investigators recruited low-income uninsured adults in Virginia to determine whether cash incentives would encourage primary care provider (PCP) visits as opposed to going to the hospital emergency room. This randomized, controlled trial determined that PCP visits did increase but no reductions in overall costs occurred there was an offset from increased outpatient utilization.
AHRQ-funded; HS022534.
Citation: Bradley CJ, Neumark D, Walker LS .
The effect of primary care visits on other health care utilization: a randomized controlled trial of cash incentives offered to low income, uninsured adults in Virginia.
J Health Econ 2018 Nov;62:121-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.07.006..
Keywords: Healthcare Utilization, Health Insurance, Low-Income, Primary Care, Uninsured, Vulnerable Populations
Wherry LR, Kenney GM, Sommers BD
The role of public health insurance in reducing child poverty.
The researchers reviewed a growing body of evidence that public health insurance provides important financial benefits to low-income families and also reviewed the potential poverty-reducing effects of public health insurance coverage. They found that Medicaid plays a significant role in decreasing poverty for many children and families. They also reviewed emerging evidence that access to public health insurance in childhood has long-term effects for health and economic outcomes in adulthood. They concluded that the nation's public health insurance programs have many important short- and long-term poverty-reducing benefits for low-income families with children.
AHRQ-funded; HS021291.
Citation: Wherry LR, Kenney GM, Sommers BD .
The role of public health insurance in reducing child poverty.
Acad Pediatr 2016 Apr;16(3 Suppl):S98-s104. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2015.12.011.
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Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Low-Income, Medicaid
Balaban RB, Galbraith AA, Burns ME
A patient navigator intervention to reduce hospital readmissions among high-risk safety-net patients: a randomized controlled trial.
The researchers sough to determine if an intervention by patient navigators, hospital-based Community Health Workers, reduces readmissions among high risk, low socioeconomic status patients. They found that, overall, 30-day readmission rates did not differ between intervention and control patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS020628.
Citation: Balaban RB, Galbraith AA, Burns ME .
A patient navigator intervention to reduce hospital readmissions among high-risk safety-net patients: a randomized controlled trial.
J Gen Intern Med 2015 Jul;30(7):907-15. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3185-x..
Keywords: Hospital Readmissions, Low-Income, Social Determinants of Health, Patient Safety
Zhang Y, Zhou C, Baik SH
A simple change to the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy program could save $5 billion.
The authors used an intelligent reassignment algorithm and 2008-09 Medicare Part D drug use and spending data to match enrollees to available Part D plans according to their medication needs. They found that such a reassignment approach, compared to the current approach, could have saved the federal government over $5 billion in 2009.
AHRQ-funded; HS018657.
Citation: Zhang Y, Zhou C, Baik SH .
A simple change to the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy program could save $5 billion.
Health Aff 2014 Jun;33(6):940-5. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1083.
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Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Low-Income, Medicare, Medication
Schwartz AL, Sommers BD
Moving for Medicaid? Recent eligibility expansions did not induce migration from other states.
This study used 26 measures of low value services to examine service use and associated spending detected by these measures in Medicaid. In the six categories of care measured, services detected by a limited number of measures of low-value care constituted modest proportions of overall spending (2.7 percent) but affected 42 percent of beneficiaries.
AHRQ-funded; HS00055; HS021291
Citation: Schwartz AL, Sommers BD .
Moving for Medicaid? Recent eligibility expansions did not induce migration from other states.
Health Aff. 2014 Jan;33(1):88-94. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0910..
Keywords: Medicaid, Healthcare Costs, Low-Income, Healthcare Utilization