Medicaid Disenrollment: Intrastate Emergency Department Impact
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
- Enrollment
- 5,000,000
- Primary Endpoint
- The proportion of ED visits from uninsured and TennCare patients after TennCare disenrollment
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Retrospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •data will be obtained from the Agency for Healthcare Reimbursement and Quality (AHRQ) Healthcare Utilization Project (HCUP)
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The proportion of ED visits from uninsured and TennCare patients after TennCare disenrollment
Time Frame: Upon record review
The proportion of ED visits from uninsured and TennCare patients after TennCare disenrollment
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Ben Heavrin
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University