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Medicaid Discontinuity Among Adults With Cardiovascular Disease Or High Risk Conditions: Associations With Medication Adherence And Health Care Utilization, Kiraat Divyang Munshi
Medicaid Discontinuity Among Adults With Cardiovascular Disease Or High Risk Conditions: Associations With Medication Adherence And Health Care Utilization, Kiraat Divyang Munshi
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
BACKGROUND: Medicaid coverage among adults is often characterized by discontinuity – loss of Medicaid coverage, and churning, or entering and exiting Medicaid – over short durations. Little is known about the impact of having discontinuous Medicaid coverage on access to care, preventive care, pharmacotherapy, primary care, and hospitalizations, among non-elderly adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) or high-risk conditions.
OBJECTIVES: This dissertation employed a three empirical research papers approach to pursue the following aims: (1) characterize the adult subpopulations with CVD or conditions placing them at high risk for CVD who lack continuous Medicaid coverage, and examine the characteristics associated with …