ERIC Number: EJ1224384
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Aug
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The Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on Health Service Utilization among Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Yamaki, Kiyoshi; Wing, Coady; Mitchell, Dale; Owen, Randall; Heller, Tamar
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, v57 n4 p289-306 Aug 2019
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are frequent users of health services. We examined how their service utilization of emergency department (ED), inpatient hospitalization, and primary care physicians changed as they transitioned from fee-for-service to Medicaid managed care (MMC). Our results showed that MMC reduced the utilization of all of these services. A substantial decrease in ED visits was associated with the reduction in visits due to mental/behavioral health conditions and conditions that could be nonemergent and manageable with the community-based health services. These findings suggest that health service utilization of people with IDD is related not only to their health needs, but also to the delivery model that provides their health services.
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Health Services, Intellectual Disability, Health Needs, Health Conditions, Hospitals, Patients, Physician Patient Relationship, Primary Health Care, Mental Health, Behavior Problems, Community Services, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-1897. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: http://www.aaiddjournals.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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