Evaluation of the Association Between Medicare Eligibility and Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

Jacob Wallace; Anthony Lollo; Chima D Ndumele

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2861

Evaluation of the Association Between Medicare Eligibility and Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

JAMA Health Forum. 2021 Sep 24;2(9):e212861. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2861. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Jacob Wallace¹, Anthony Lollo¹, Chima D Ndumele¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut.

Abstract

This cross-sectional regression discontinuity analysis compares deaths slightly younger and older than 65 years to examine the relationship between access to health insurance coverage and COVID-19 mortality.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Eligibility Determination
Humans
Medicare*
Pandemics
United States / epidemiology