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Factors Associated with Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services in a Medicaid Managed Care Pediatric Population.
- Source :
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Journal of health care for the poor and underserved [J Health Care Poor Underserved] 2024; Vol. 35 (1), pp. 79-93. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services is a Medicaid benefit for children that addresses their health problems before they become advanced, debilitating, and expensive. We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of pediatric beneficiaries (newborn to younger than 21 years) enrolled in a Medicaid managed care organization to examine the factors associated with EPSDT screening services completion. We obtained 2018 administrative claims data for beneficiaries continuously enrolled for a minimum of 90 days (n=156,108). Completion of EPSDT screening services among our Medicaid managed care beneficiaries was low. Those having more emergency department visits and hospitalizations, having family medicine practitioners as primary care physicians, belonging to the racial/ethnic group Asian/Pacific Islander/Hawaiian/Alaskan Native/Native American, and 18 to younger than 21 years age group were less likely than others to complete EPSDT services. Our results provide information on segments of pediatric beneficiaries that can be targeted to increase EPSDT screening services completion.
- Subjects :
- Humans
United States
Child, Preschool
Child
Infant
Adolescent
Retrospective Studies
Male
Female
Cross-Sectional Studies
Infant, Newborn
Young Adult
Mass Screening statistics & numerical data
Medicaid statistics & numerical data
Managed Care Programs organization & administration
Managed Care Programs statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1548-6869
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38661861