Medicaid Disenrollment: Intrastate Emergency Department Impact

Completed

• Conditions: Medicaid Enrollment Status

• Registration Number: NCT00565344
• Lead Sponsor: Vanderbilt University

Brief Summary

We will obtain data from the robust Agency for Healthcare Reimbursement and Quality (AHRQ) Healthcare Utilization Project (HCUP), as well as from the State of Tennessee. If our hypotheses are true, such data will provide strong evidence that Medicaid disenrollment has a negetive health impact on uninsured populations. The data may also provide evidence for increased public funding of safety-net EDs after Medicaid disenrollment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-07
• Status Verified: 2007-11
• Study First Submitted: 2007-11-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-11-27
• Study First Posted: 2007-11-29
• Primary Completion: 2013-06
• Study Completion: 2013-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-06-13
• Last Update Posted: 2013-06-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5000000

Inclusion Criteria

• data will be obtained from the Agency for Healthcare Reimbursement and Quality (AHRQ) Healthcare Utilization Project (HCUP)

Exclusion Criteria

• n/a

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The proportion of ED visits from uninsured and TennCare patients after TennCare disenrollment	Upon record review	The proportion of ED visits from uninsured and TennCare patients after TennCare disenrollment