The Impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Acute Diabetes Complications Among Community Health Center Patients

CONCLUSION: We found a significantly greater rate of visits for abnormal blood glucose in patients receiving care in expansion states relative to patients in CHCs in non-expansion states starting in 2015. Additional resources for these clinics, such as the ability to provide blood glucose monitoring devices or mailed/delivered medications, could substantially benefit patients with diabetes.PMID:37139559 | DOI:10.1177/21501319231171437

Source: Primary Care - May 4, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Nathalie Huguet Dang Dinh Jun Hwang Miguel Marino Annie E Larson Andrew Suchocki Jennifer E DeVoe Source Type: research