Association of Medicaid Expansion With Access to Rehabilitative Care in Adult Trauma Patients
Zogg CK, Scott JW, Metcalfe D, Gluck AR, Curfman GD, Davis KA, Dimick JB, Haider AH. Association of Medicaid Expansion With Access to Rehabilitative Care in Adult Trauma Patients. JAMA Surgery 2019, 154: 402-411. PMID: 30601888, PMCID: PMC6537775, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5177.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult trauma patientsTrauma patientsMedicaid expansionNonexpansion statesInsurance coverageAffordable Care ActExpansion statesPatient ProtectionInpatient rehabilitation facilityCare ActSkilled nursing facilitiesMedicaid expansion statesSex-based disparitiesHome health agenciesRace/ethnicityPostdischarge careTrauma populationFunctional outcomeRehabilitation gainsLeading causeRehabilitative careTrauma outcomesMAIN OUTCOMENursing facilitiesRehabilitation facilityAssociation of Medicaid Expansion Policy with Outcomes in Homeless Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery
Manzano‐Nunez R, Zogg CK, Bhulani N, McCarty JC, Herrera‐Escobar J, Lu K, Andriotti T, Uribe‐Leitz T, de Jager E, Jarman MP, Haider AH, Ortega G. Association of Medicaid Expansion Policy with Outcomes in Homeless Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery. World Journal Of Surgery 2019, 43: 1483-1489. PMID: 30706104, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-019-04932-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryNon-expansion statesMedical adviceHomeless patientsSurgical complicationsMedicaid expansionHospital chargesGeneral surgeryLower oddsPrimary EGS diagnosesHome healthcareMultivariable logistic regressionExpansion statesLength of stayNon-Medicaid expansion statesState Inpatient DatabasesMedicaid expansion statesMultivariable quantile regressionEGS proceduresClinical eventsEGS diagnosesInpatient DatabaseHomeless individualsHigher oddsNon-significant difference