Table 1.
Provider Category | Pre Medicaid Expansion | Medicaid Expansion Period | ||||
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2008 | 2013 | Annualized Growth | 2014 | 2017 | Annualized Growth | |
BCBAs | ||||||
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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 |
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Child Psychiatrists | ||||||
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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 |
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Pediatricians | ||||||
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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.