Effects of medicaid expansion on poverty disparities in health insurance coverage | International Journal for Equity in Health

Data This study used publicly available data that was waived from review by the Institutional Review Board at Tulane University. Data analysis was based on repeated cross-sectional national population level data from the 2012–2018 7-year American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. ACS is a very large survey, in terms of number […]

More emergency surgeries in states without Medicaid expansion

By Rose Hoban There’s a big difference between getting a scheduled knee replacement surgery or back surgery and having an emergency gallbladder removal or cardiac catheterization.  The orthopedic surgeries tend to be non-emergency, elective procedures that are planned in advance.  On the other hand, gallbladder removals are often emergency surgeries, as patients are usually in […]