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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Jan;34(1):125–133. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0880
Ages 19-25 Ages 26-34 Difference
in change
between
age groups1
Risk adjusted
difference in
change between
age groups
(95% CI)2
p value for
between-
group
difference


Before
ACA-DCP
After
ACA-DCP
Before
ACA-DCP
After
ACA-DCP
Insurance Status3

 Private 29.7% 32.9% 31.3% 29.2% 5.0% n/a <0.001***
 Public 17.5% 18.6% 18.2% 21.0% -1.8% n/a <0.001***
 Other 14.8% 15.5% 14.0% 14.9% 0.0% n/a 0.86
 Uninsured 37.9% 33.0% 36.5% 34.8% -3.3% n/a <0.001***

Clinical outcomes among entire population3

 Mortality (per 100K) 2880 2538 2715 2386 -14 -38 (-238, 162) 0.71
 ICU stay (days) 5.26 5.04 5.27 5.12 -0.06 -0.04 (-0.27, 0.18) 0.69
 Discharge to rehabilitation facility (%) 10.12% 10.16% 10.23% 10.26% 0.0% 0.0% (-0.5, 0.5) 0.90

SOURCE: National Trauma Data Bank, 2007-2009 & 2011-2012. NOTE: ACA, Affordable Care Act; DCP, dependent coverage provision; CI, confidence interval; ICU, intensive care unit. 1. Risk adjusted models for clinical outcomes adjusted for age, year, facility, gender, race, injury severity, injury mechanism, traumatic brain injury, level-1 trauma center status, teaching status, for-profit status, and safety-net hospital status; 3. n= Patients age 23-25 and 27-29 with known insurance status: 326,033

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001