Medicaid Coverage of Guidelines-Based Asthma Care Across 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2016-2017

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Pruitt, Katherine ; Yu, Annie ; Kaplan, Barbara M. ; Hsu, Joy ; Collins, Pamela
• Description:
  Asthma affects more than 24 million Americans, including 6.2 million children. Although asthma cannot be cured, it can be effectively managed with care based on nationally recognized guidelines. Ensuring the availability and accessibility of guidelines-recommended treatments and services can help patients receive the most appropriate care. In this article, we describe the American Lung Association's Asthma Guidelines-Based Care Coverage Project (the Project) to determine the extent of asthma care coverage and associated barriers in state Medicaid programs - information that has been previously unavailable. The Project tracked coverage for 7 areas of guidelines-based asthma care and 9 barriers related to accessing care in Medicaid programs for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Results from the Project show a lack of consistent and comprehensive coverage across states, as well as coverage-related challenges to accessing asthma care within states.
• Subjects:
  Special Topic
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 15.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.180116
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  30191809
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6130282
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U38 OT000224/OT/OSTLTS CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Puerto Rico ; United States
• Location:
  Caribbean ; North America
• Volume:
  15
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:74d3e2fe990ab186744c82149e178ac6b75d3a791ac1dd6f3d0f2e2cf417f1088cbbd5accace1d7e4d9b7af2a40a95e88958a1aed75df4ca14cde5135afdf689
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59372/cdc_59372_DS1.pdf
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