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NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
卷 368, 期 18, 页码 1713-1722出版社
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1212321
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- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services
- California HealthCare Foundation
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- National Institute on Aging [P30AG012810, RC2AGO36631, R01AG0345151]
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Smith Richardson Foundation
- Social Security Administration [5 RRC 08098400-03-00]
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
BACKGROUND Despite the imminent expansion of Medicaid coverage for low-income adults, the effects of expanding coverage are unclear. The 2008 Medicaid expansion in Oregon based on lottery drawings from a waiting list provided an opportunity to evaluate these effects. METHODS Approximately 2 years after the lottery, we obtained data from 6387 adults who were randomly selected to be able to apply for Medicaid coverage and 5842 adults who were not selected. Measures included blood-pressure, cholesterol, and glycated hemoglobin levels; screening for depression; medication inventories; and self-reported diagnoses, health status, health care utilization, and out-of-pocket spending for such services. We used the random assignment in the lottery to calculate the effect of Medicaid coverage. RESULTS We found no significant effect of Medicaid coverage on the prevalence or diagnosis of hypertension or high cholesterol levels or on the use of medication for these conditions. Medicaid coverage significantly increased the probability of a diagnosis of diabetes and the use of diabetes medication, but we observed no significant effect on average glycated hemoglobin levels or on the percentage of participants with levels of 6.5% or higher. Medicaid coverage decreased the probability of a positive screening for depression (-9.15 percentage points; 95% confidence interval, -16.70 to -1.60; P = 0.02), increased the use of many preventive services, and nearly eliminated catastrophic out-of-pocket medical expenditures. CONCLUSIONS This randomized, controlled study showed that Medicaid coverage generated no significant improvements in measured physical health outcomes in the first 2 years, but it did increase use of health care services, raise rates of diabetes detection and management, lower rates of depression, and reduce financial strain.
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