Reports from Center for Disease Control and Prevention Advance Knowledge in Chlamydia (State Variation in Enrollment Gap, Sexual Activity, and…

Reports from Center for Disease Control and Prevention Advance Knowledge in Chlamydia (State Variation in Enrollment Gap, Sexual Activity, and Chlamydia Testing Rate Among Young Medicaid Women)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Investigators publish new report on Chlamydia. According to news reporting originating from Atlanta, Georgia, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "To assess state variations in eligibility criteria based on enrollment length and sexual activity on chlamydia testing rates among Medicaid female enrollees aged 15 to 25 years and potential impact of the representatives of testing rates. We used 2010 Medicaid Analytic eXtract to estimate and compare the overall and state-level prevalence of gaps in coverage of 2 consecutive months, service utilization associated with sexuality, and chlamydia testing rates among Medicaid female enrollees aged 15 to 25 years who had 1 month of the full scope of Medicaid benefits and had 1 health service claim."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Center for Disease Control and Prevention, "The chlamydia testing rate was calculated as the proportion of sexually active Medicaid female enrollees who received a chlamydia test in 2010. Of 5.7 million women aged 15 to 25 years enrolled in Medicaid in 2010, 42.3% had a 2-month gap of enrollment coverage in 2010. The proportion of women who had a 2-month gap varied from 26.1% to 73.2% across states. The proportion of women identified as sexually active was 59.8% among women who had a 2-month gap and 57.1% among women who had no 2-month gap. The chlamydia testing rate was 44.0% among sexually active women with a 2-month gap and 44.2% among sexually active women without a 2-month gap. Eleven states had 10% difference in sexual activity or chlamydia testing rates between women with a 2-month gap and women without a 2-month gap."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "States which exclude a substantial proportion of Medicaid enrollees from inclusion in the chlamydia testing denominator may have less representative testing estimates because those excluded tend to be women aged 19 to 25 years."

For more information on this research see: State Variation in Enrollment Gap, Sexual Activity, and Chlamydia Testing Rate Among Young Medicaid Women. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2016;43(10):595-598. Sexually Transmitted Diseases can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - journals.lww.com/stdjournal/pages/default.aspx)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Dis Control & Prevent, Div STD Prevent, Natl Center HIV AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD & TB Preven, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Conditions (STDs), Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Medicaid, Diagnostics and Screening, Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs), Gram-Negative Bacteria, Chlamydia trachomatis, Infectious Disease, Women's Health, Health Policy, Chlamydiaceae, Chlamydiales, Gynecology, Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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