Trends in Well-Child Visits With Out-of-Pocket Costs in the US Before and After the Affordable Care Act

Paul R Shafer; Alex Hoagland; Heather E Hsu

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1248

Trends in Well-Child Visits With Out-of-Pocket Costs in the US Before and After the Affordable Care Act

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e211248. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1248.

Authors

Paul R Shafer¹, Alex Hoagland², Heather E Hsu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses national claims data to assess trends in well-child care visits with out-of-pocket costs before and after passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Health Care Costs / trends*
Health Expenditures / trends*
Humans
Insurance Coverage / economics*
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / trends*