2019
Impact of Affordable Care Act–related insurance expansion policies on mortality and access to post-discharge care for trauma patients
Scott JW, Neiman PU, Uribe-Leitz T, Scott KW, Zogg CK, Salim A, Haider AH. Impact of Affordable Care Act–related insurance expansion policies on mortality and access to post-discharge care for trauma patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, 86: 196-205. PMID: 30694984, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-discharge careTrauma patientsInpatient mortalityPost-acute careAffordable Care ActCoverage expansion policiesUninsured ratePost-acute care facilitiesState-level Medicaid expansionMedicaid expansionNational Trauma Data BankPolicy-associated changesAdult trauma patientsTrauma Data BankPost-acute servicesUninsured trauma patientsCare ActHome health servicesInsurance coverage expansionCoverage expansionPost-policy periodPatients 18Discharge dispositionPatient demographicsInjury characteristics
2016
Impact of ACA Insurance Coverage Expansion on Perforated Appendix Rates Among Young Adults
Scott JW, Rose JA, Tsai TC, Zogg CK, Shrime MG, Sommers BD, Salim A, Haider AH. Impact of ACA Insurance Coverage Expansion on Perforated Appendix Rates Among Young Adults. Medical Care 2016, 54: 818-826. PMID: 27367865, PMCID: PMC5468100, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDependent coverage provisionAppendix ratePerforation rateYoung adultsHealth insurance plansComparator groupAcute conditionsUninsured rateYear oldsParents' health insurance plansSignificant reductionNational Inpatient SampleUrban teaching hospitalAge 26 yearsHealth care accessInsurance coverage expansionDifferences linear regressionCoverage expansionAcute appendicitisAffordable Care ActInpatient SampleTeaching hospitalCare accessRisk subpopulationsPostpolicy change