Study Findings on Health and Society Are Outlined in Reports from University of Delaware (Medicaid Expansion and Infant Mortality, Revisited: a Difference-in-differences Analysis)

2020 APR 09 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Fresh data on Health and Medicine - Health and Society are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Newark, Delaware, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “To determine the association between Medicaid expansion and infant mortality rate (IMR) in the United States. State-level aggregate data on US IMR, race, and sex were abstracted from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research.”

Financial support for this research came from National Science Foundation.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Delaware, “The association between Medicaid expansion and IMR adjusted for race and sex was assessed with multiple linear regression models using difference-in-differences estimation and Huber-White robust standard errors. Difference-in-differences regression found no association between Medicaid expansion status and change in national IMR from 2010 to 2017 (Coef. = 0.04; 95% CI: -0.39, 0.46). However, among Hispanics, the program was found to be associated with reduction in IMR (Diff-in-Diff Coef. = -0.53; 95% CI: -1.02, -0.03). Overall, the Affordable Care Act-induced Medicaid expansion was not associated with IMR reduction in expansion states relative to nonexpansion states.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “However, the program was associated with a significant IMR decline among Hispanics.”

For more information on this research see: Medicaid Expansion and Infant Mortality, Revisited: a Difference-in-differences Analysis. Health Services Research, 2020;():. Health Services Research can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Health Services Research - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1475-6773)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting I.M. Karaye, University of Delaware, Program of Epidemiology, 100 Discovery Blvd, Newark, DE 19713, United States. Additional authors for this research include A. Wiggins and J.A. Horney.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13286. 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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