Medical Care Journal Issues Research Articles in June 2020 Edition

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Medical Care, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features planning, organization, financing, provision and evaluation of health services from the American Public Health Association, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition:

Original Articles:

* County-level Variation in Low Birthweight and Preterm Birth: An Evaluation of State Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act

* Incorporating Prescription Drugs Into Affordable Care Act Risk Adjustment

* Medicaid Expansion Reduced Emergency Department Visits by Low-income Adults Due to Barriers to Outpatient Care

* Preventive Health Care Utilization Among Mother-infant Dyads With Medicaid Insurance in the Year Following Birth

* Effects of State-level Medicaid Expansion on Veterans Health Administration Dual Enrollment and Utilization: Potential Implications for Future Coverage Expansions

* All-payer Spending on Common Hospital-based Services in California

* Health Care Access and Utilization for Latino Youth in the United States: The Roles of Maternal Citizenship and Distress

* Changes in Preventative Health Care After Medicaid Expansion

Brief Report:

* Changes in Health Care Access, Behaviors, and Self-reported Health Among Low-income US Adults Through the Fourth Year of the Affordable Care Act

Online Article:

* Identifying the Prescribing Physician in US Healthcare Claims Data

The June 2020 edition of the Medical Care Journal can be viewed at https://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/toc/2020/06000. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer Health.