Journal article
Time trends in emergency department use among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Disability and health journal, Vol.15(2), pp.101225-101225
04/2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101225
PMCID: PMC10950032
PMID: 34782255
Abstract
Emergency Department (ED) visits are common among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). However, little is known about how ED use has varied over time in this population, or how it has been affected by recent Medicaid policy changes.
To examine temporal trends in ED use among adult Medicaid members with IDD in eight states that ranged in the extent to which they had implemented state-level Medicaid policy changes that might affect ED use.
We conducted repeated cross-sectional analyses of 2010–2016 Medicaid claims data. Quarterly analyses included adults ages 18–64 years with IDD (identified by diagnosis codes) who were continuously enrolled in Medicaid for the past 12 months. We assessed change in number of ED visits per 1000 member months from 2010 to 2016 overall and interacted with state level policy changes such as Medicaid expansion.
States with no Medicaid expansion experienced an increase in ED visits (linear trend coefficient: 1.13, p < 0.01), while states operating expansion via waiver had a much smaller (non-significant) increase, and states with ACA-governed expansion had a decrease in ED visits (linear trend coefficient: 1.17, p < 0.01). Other policy changes had limited or no association with ED visits.
Medicaid expansion was associated with modest reduction or limited increase in ED visits compared to no expansion. We found no consistent decrease in ED visits in association with other Medicaid policy changes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Time trends in emergency department use among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Creators
- Willi Horner-Johnson - Oregon Health & Science UniversityStephan Lindner - Oregon Health & Science UniversityAnna Levy - Oregon Health & Science UniversityJean Hall - University of KansasNoelle Kurth - University of KansasErika Garcia - Michigan Department of Health and Human ServicesAlice Frame - Michigan Department of Health and Human ServicesKimberly Phillips - University of New HampshireElizabeth Momany - Public Policy Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.Melissa Lurie - New York State Department of HealthYejee Shin - New York State Department of HealthEmily Lauer - Eunice Kennedy Shriver CenterParag Kunte - University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolRobin Silverstein - Montana Department of Public Health and Human ServicesCatherine Okoro - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesSuzanne McDermott - City University of New York
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Disability and health journal, Vol.15(2), pp.101225-101225
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101225
- PMID
- 34782255
- PMCID
- PMC10950032
- ISSN
- 1936-6574
- eISSN
- 1876-7583
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000030, name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, award: DD000014; DOI: 10.13039/100000016, name: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2022
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283856002771
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