Table 3.
Estimated Effects of Medicaid Waivers in Illinois, New York, and Oregon.
| Illinois |
New York |
Oregon |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicaid at Delivery, Non-Welfare | Under 21 | Medicaid at Delivery, Non-Welfare | Under 21 | Medicaid at Delivery, Non-Welfare | Under 21 | |
| Unintended Birth/Pregnancya | 0.0020 | 0.0581 | −0.0194 | −0.0326 | −0.1264 | # |
| (0.9389) | (0.1999) | (0.5448) | (0 .4913) | (0.0022) | ||
| Wanted Later Birth/Pregnancy a | 0.0491 | 0.1296 | 0.0300 | 0.0362 | −0.0872 | # |
| (0.0566) | (0.0083) | (0.3677) | (0 .5092) | (0.0299) | ||
| Unwanted Birth/Pregnancy a | −0.0498 | −0.0759 | −0.0474 | −0.0670 | −0.0359 | # |
| (0.0116) | (0.0271) | (0.0364) | (0 .0486) | (0.2120) | ||
| Used Birth Control Post-Partumb | 0.0186 | 0.0098 | −0.0251 | −0.0327 | 0.0094 | # |
| (0.2943) | (0.7549) | (0.3251) | (0.4737) | (0.8053) | ||
| Sample for Pregnancy Outcomes | 10,019 | 3,058 | 16,479 | 6,832 | 10,470 | 4,213 |
| Population | 702,490 | 208,856 | 802,238 | 280,260 | 170,881 | 73,427 |
Source: PRAMS Phase4-5; For Illinois analysis only data from 2002-2006 restricted to samples from Illinois, Colorado and Michigan were used; For New York analysis only data from 2000-2005 restricted to samples from New York(excluding New York city), North Carolina, Maine, West Virginia, and Ohio were used; Oregon analysis employed data from 1998-2001, restricted to samples from Oregon, Alaska, and New Mexico;
Notes: Estimates represent average treatment effect; P-values are given in parenthesis. Probit functions were evaluated for “Unintended Pregnancy” and “Used Birth Control Post-Partum” outcomes; multinomial probit was used for “Wanted Later Pregnancy” and “Didn’t Want Pregnancy” outcomes. All models include controls for demographic and socioeconomic variables, state and year fixed effect.
Post period for Illinois analysis includes data from January 2005 through December 2006; Post period for New York analysis includes data from July 2003 through December 2005; Post period for Oregon analysis includes data from November 1999 through December 2001;
Post period for “Used BC Post Partum” in Illinois spans July 2004 through December 2006; in New York-January 2003 through December 2005; in Oregon-April 1999 through December 2001.
#The significant differences in trends for < 21 sample in OR and comparison states makes results for this group not valid and are not reported here.