Massachusetts inpatient medicaid cost response to increased supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits

R.A. Sonik

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 3, 443-448

Abstract: Objectives. To investigate the impact of an increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on Medicaid costs and use in Massachusetts. Methods. Using single and multigroup interrupted time series models, I examined the effect of an April 2009 increase in SNAP benefits on inpatient Medicaid cost and use patterns. I analyzed monthly Medicaid discharge data from 2006 to 2012 collected by the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis. Results. Inpatient costs for the overall Massachusetts Medicaid population grew by 0.55 percentage points per month (P

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Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302990

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