Comparing Health Care Use and Costs Among New Medicaid Enrollees Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Published in BMC Health Services Research, this article characterizes health care use and costs among new Medicaid enrollees before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results indicate that new Medicaid enrollees during the COVID-19 pandemic were less likely to have an ED visit, nonemergent ED visit, potentially avoidable hospitalization, primary care visit, or dental visit. New Medicaid enrollees during the COVID-19 pandemic used significantly less care than new enrollees pre-COVID-19.