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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 May 20;52(4):1881–1889. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05044-2

Table 1.

Health Workforce Supply in Expansion vs. Non-Expansion States (2008–2017)

Provider Category Pre Medicaid Expansion Medicaid Expansion Period

2008 2013 Annualized Growth 2014 2017 Annualized Growth
BCBAs

Non-expansion states (n=19) 3.37 (3.37) 9.23 (7.46) 1.17 11.83 (9.55) 19.59 (13.69) 2.59
Expansion states (n=31) 5.05 (5.53) 14.82 (13.05) 1.95 19.62 (16.58) 33.78 (27.34) 4.72

Child Psychiatrists

Non-expansion states (n=19) 6.42 (2.77) 7.10 (2.74) 0.14 7.12 (2.90) 7.48 (2.81) 0.12
Expansion states (n=31) 9.25 (4.87) 10.98 (5.86) 0.35 11.08 (5.93) 12.32 (7.09) 0.41

Pediatricians

Non-expansion states (n=19) 49.07 (13.91) 52.95 (14.08) 0.78 53.52 (14.50) 54.44 (15.05) 0.31
Expansion states (n=31) 66.77 (24.55) 71.05 (24.52) 0.86 71.61 (24.91) 72.19 (24.81) 0.19

Footnote: “Pre- Medicaid Expansion” represents a time interval prior to implementation of Medicaid expansion in the U.S. (2008–2013), while the “Medicaid Expansion Period” represents a time interval (2014–2017) during which implementation of Medicaid expansion has taken place in 31 states. Workforce supply levels represented as the unadjusted, average state-level number of providers per 100,000 children. Parentheticals represent standard deviations. “Annualized Growth” is the unadjusted, average annual state-level growth in number of providers per 100,000 children during the time periods of interest.