Do Medicaid Data Accurately Reflect the Expenditures and Outcomes for Extremely Premature Infants?
The accurate and meaningful assessment of Medicaid expenditures relative to survival rates among Medicaid-eligible extremely premature infants has received little scrutiny, despite its importance for improving outcomes. We have identified key problems that hindered such assessments using Texas Medicaid data, which may also be relevant to other states.
Authors
- Kanekal Suresh Gautham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8236-5270)
- David C. Goodman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-2151)
- David Lynch
- Thérèse A. Stukel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2951-1360)
- Youngran Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-5017)
- Cecilia Ganduglia Cazaban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8841-3288)
- Elenir B.C. Avritscher
- Jon E. Tyson
Institutions
- Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Houston Institute for Clinical Research (US)
- Institute for Work & Health (CA)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Pediatrics Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedcp.2025.200150
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences