Paula H. Song PhD, Wendy Yi Xu Ph.D., Deena J. Chisolm PhD, Emily R. Alexy MPH, Renée M. Ferrari PhD, Brian Hilligoss PhD, Marisa Elena Domino Ph.D.
To examine the impact of a Medicaid‐serving pediatric accountable care organization () on health service use by children who qualify for Medicaid by virtue of a disability under the “aged, blind, and disabled” () eligibility criteria.
Data Sources/Study Setting
We evaluated a 2013 Ohio policy change that effectively moved Medicaid children into an model of care using Ohio Medicaid administrative claims data for years 2011‐2016.
We used a difference‐in‐difference design to examine changes in patterns of health care service use by ‐enrolled children before and after enrolling in an compared with ‐enrolled children enrolled in non‐ managed care plans.
Data Collection/Extraction Methods
We identified 17 356 children who resided in 34 of 88 counties as the “intervention” group and 47 026 ‐enrolled children who resided outside of the region as non‐ controls.
Being part of the increased adolescent preventative service and decreased use of medications as compared to similar children in non‐ capitated managed care plans. Relative home health service use decreased for children in the .
Our overall results indicate that being part of an may improve quality in certain areas, such as adolescent well‐child visits, though there may be room for improvement in other areas considered important by patients and their families such as home health service.
