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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Jan;39(1):77–84. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00547

EXHIBIT 2.

Mean changes in Medicaid-financed postpartum coverage and utilization in Colorado and Utah before and after the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid in Colorado

Colorado Utah Adjusted difference-in-differences


January-June 2013 After January 2014a Change January-June 2013 After January 2014a Change
NO. OF MONTHS OF COVERAGE IN 6 MONTHS AFTER DELIVERY
All women Women with severe 5.3 5.4 0.1 4.6 3.6 −1.0 0.90***
 maternal morbidity 5.3 5.2 −0.1 4.7 3.2 −1.5 1.40**
NO. OF OUTPATIENT VISITS IN 6 MONTHS AFTER DELIVERY
All women Women with severe 3.0 3.3 0.3 2.0 1.8 −.0.2 0.52***
 maternal morbidity 2.7 3.4 0.7 1.8 1.6 −0.2 1.25***
NO. OF OUTPATIENT VISITS (DAYS AFTER DELIVERY)
0–30 days 1.40 1.38 0.01 0.73 0.70 −0.02 0.00
31–60 days 0.77 0.73 0.04 0.88 0.67 −0.21 0.19***
61–90 days 0.44 0.49 0.05 0.32 0.27 −0.05 0.10****
91–120 days 0.34 0.42 0.08 0.13 0.13 −0.00 0.08***

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of 2013–15 all-payer claims databases in Colorado and Utah. NOTES All models adjusted for age, month of delivery, and area-level fixed effects. Severe maternal morbidity is explained in the text.

a

Date of Medicaid expansion in Colorado. Transition period of July-December 2013 is not shown; see the text for details.

**

p < 0.05

***

p< 0.0.01

****

p< 0.001