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Medical and Dental Utilization and Expenditures Under Medicaid and Private Health Insurance

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	Abstract

Data from the 2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey were used to conduct a disag-gregated comparison of utilization and expenditures under Medicaid and private health insurance for low-income adults and children. After adjustment for health status and other factors, Medicaid adults and children had greater use of prescription drugs than the privately insured, but there were no significant differences in prescription expenditures. Adults on Medicaid had lower utilization of office-based medical and dental care and much lower expenditures than the privately insured. Contrary to stereotypes, there were no significant differences between Medicaid adults and children and the privately insured in emergency, outpatient, or inpatient hospital use, and the former had significantly lower expenditures.

First published on April 23, 2009, doi:10.1177/1077558709334896

Medical Care Research and Review 2009;66:456.

A more recent version of this article appeared on August 1, 2009


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