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Impact of the Affordable Care Act on diabetes diagnoses in the United States: A county‐level analysis
Author(s) -
Palanki Rupa,
Chamarthy Siva,
Palanki Srinivas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/ecaf.12457
Subject(s) - medicaid , health insurance , confounding , medical diagnosis , diabetes mellitus , demography , health care , medicine , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , gerontology , actuarial science , business , economics , economic growth , sociology , mathematics , pathology , endocrinology , geometry
Abstract Our research examines whether there is a causal effect between expanding health insurance and diabetes incidence. Comprehensive county‐level data from the United States is used to study the effect of Medicaid expansion on diabetes rates. The analysis is based on cross‐county variation according to Affordable Care Act health care reforms, along with county share‐eligibility variation. Difference‐in‐difference and triple‐difference statistical regression specifications are employed to control for confounding variables. The results suggest a slight negative relationship between expanding health insurance and diabetes diagnoses.