Findings from Emory University Provide New Insights into Insurance (Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions and Maternal Morbidity): Insurance

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2023 AUG 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Research findings on Insurance are discussed in a new report. According to news originating from Atlanta, Georgia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “In this paper, we test whether the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions are associated with maternal morbidity. The ACA expansions may have affected maternal morbidity by increasing pre-conception access to health care, and by improving the quality of delivery care, through enhancing hospitals’ financial positions.”

Financial supporters for this research include National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA, Center for Aging and Policy Studies, NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA).

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Emory University, “We use difference-in-difference models in conjunction with event studies. Data come from individual-level birth certificates and state-level hospital discharge data. The results show little evidence that the expansions are associated with overall maternal morbidity or indicators of specific adverse events including eclampsia, ruptured uterus, and unplanned hysterectomy. The results are consistent with prior research showing that the ACA Medicaid expansions are not statistically associated with pre-pregnancy health or maternal health during pregnancy.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Our results add to this story and find little evidence of improvements in maternal health upon delivery.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions and Maternal Morbidity. Health Economics, 2023. Health Economics can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Health Economics - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1050)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Sara Markowitz, Emory University, Dept. of Economics, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States. Additional authors for this research include Pinka Chatterji, Hanna Glenn and Jennifer Karas Montez.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4724. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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