Excess Deaths Of Medicaid Home And Community-Based Services Recipients During COVID-19
H. S. Kaye, Joe Caldwell
Abstract
Using health plan data, we calculated excess mortality rates for Medicaid home and community-based services recipients during March-December 2020. For younger recipients, excess mortality was 7.4 times that of other community-dwelling Medicaid beneficiaries and 26.6 times that of the general population. As a proportion of expected mortality, excess mortality rates for older recipients and nursing home residents were comparable.
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MedicaidExcess mortalityCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicinePopulationDemographyMortality rateGerontologyEnvironmental healthHealth careDiseasePolitical scienceInternal medicineSociologyLawInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth disparities and outcomesGlobal Health Care Issues