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dc.contributor.authorGeissler, Kimberley H
dc.contributor.authorShieh, Meng-Shiou
dc.contributor.authorAsh, Arlene S.
dc.contributor.authorLindenauer, Peter K
dc.contributor.authorKrishnan, Jerry A
dc.contributor.authorGoff, Sarah L
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-16T18:23:08Z
dc.date.available2024-10-16T18:23:08Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-30
dc.identifier.citationGeissler KH, Shieh MS, Ash AS, Lindenauer PK, Krishnan JA, Goff SL. Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and Disparities in Pediatric Asthma Care. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Sep 30. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3935. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39348109.en_US
dc.identifier.eissn2168-6211
dc.identifier.doi10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3935en_US
dc.identifier.pmid39348109
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/53870
dc.description.abstractImportance: Nearly 6 million children in the US have asthma, and over one-third of US children are insured by Medicaid. Although 23 state Medicaid programs have experimented with accountable care organizations (ACOs), little is known about ACOs' effects on longstanding insurance-based disparities in pediatric asthma care and outcomes. Objective: To determine associations between Massachusetts Medicaid ACO implementation in March 2018 and changes in care quality and use for children with asthma. Design, setting, and participants: Using data from the Massachusetts All Payer Claims Database from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2020, we determined child-years with asthma and used difference-in-differences (DiD) estimates to compare asthma quality of care and emergency department (ED) or hospital use for child-years with Medicaid vs private insurance for 3 year periods before and after ACO implementation for children aged 2 to 17 years. Regression models accounted for demographic and community characteristics and health status. Data analysis was conducted between January 2022 and June 2024. Exposure: Massachusetts Medicaid ACO implementation. Main outcomes and measures: Primary outcomes were binary measures in a calendar year of (1) any routine outpatient asthma visit, (2) asthma medication ratio (AMR) greater than 0.5, and (3) any ED or hospital use with asthma. To determine the statistical significance of differences in descriptive statistics between groups, χ2 and t tests were used. Results: Among 376 509 child-year observations, 268 338 (71.27%) were insured by Medicaid and 73 633 (19.56%) had persistent asthma. There was no significant change in rates of routine asthma visits for Medicaid-insured child-years vs privately insured child-years post-ACO implementation (DiD, -0.4 percentage points [pp]; 95% CI, -1.4 to 0.6 pp). There was an increase in the proportion with AMR greater than 0.5 for Medicaid-insured child-years vs privately insured in the postimplementation period (DiD, 3.7 pp; 95% CI, 2.0-5.4 pp), with absolute declines in both groups postimplementation. There was an increase in any ED or hospital use for Medicaid-insured child-years vs privately insured postimplementation (DiD, 2.1 pp; 95% CI, 1.2-3.0 pp), an 8% increase from the preperiod Medicaid use rate. Conclusions and relevance: Introduction of Massachusetts Medicaid ACOs was associated with persistent insurance-based disparities in routine asthma visit rates; a narrowing in disparities in appropriate AMR rates due to reductions in appropriate rates among those with private insurance; and worsening disparities in any ED or hospital use for Medicaid-insured children with asthma compared to children with private insurance. Continued study of changes in pediatric asthma care delivery is warranted in relation to major Medicaid financing and delivery system reforms.en_US
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dc.relation.ispartofJAMA Pediatricsen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3935en_US
dc.titleMedicaid Accountable Care Organizations and Disparities in Pediatric Asthma Careen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.source.journaltitleJAMA pediatrics
dc.source.countryUnited States
dc.identifier.journalJAMA pediatrics
dc.contributor.departmentBiostatistics and Health Services Researchen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPopulation and Quantitative Health Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUMass Chan Analyticsen_US


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