Did the Medicaid expansion improve immunization among U.S. pregnant women?
We contributed different national data on understudied populations and the triple-difference method to the literature. Income-based Medicaid expansion did not increase the likelihood of vaccination among pregnant women. Non-income-based policies may target Medicaid-enrolled pregnant women in expansion states for influenza vaccination. Future interventions may target high-parity, low-education, and African American pregnant women in high-poverty non-expansion states.
Authors
- Junying Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4787-316X)
- Ahmed El Fatmaoui
- Pallab Ghosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3873-4774)
- Rashmi Jaggad
Institutions
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
- University of Oklahoma (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Preventive Medicine Reports
- Published
- 2025-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103214
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.13
Funders
- Presbyterian Health Foundation