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Post Affordable Care Act: Evaluation of Community Health Centers
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Medicaid Expansion for Chronic Disease. Completed, enrolled 1,939,848 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This innovative study will measure the impact of Affordable Care Act-sponsored Medicaid expansions on access to and utilization of community health center (CHC) services. Building on the investigators prior work that developed a robust community-based research infrastructure within the OCHIN community health information network, the investigator will utilize linked electronic health record data from the OCHIN network of \>400 CHC clinics in 8 states that expanded Medicaid coverage and 8 states that did not expand.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
There will be no direct intervention, but rather an observation of change based on whether a state expanded Medicaid or not