Abstract
To understand if neighborhood-level social deprivation moderates the association between gaining health insurance and improved hypertension control. We used electronic health record (EHR) data from the Accelerating Data Value Across a National Community Health Center Network (ADVANCE) clinical data research network from five states that expanded Medicaid eligibility (CA, OH, OR, WA, WI). We include patients with hypertension aged 19-64. Controlled hypertension was assessed for four groups pre-(1/1/2012-12/31/2013) to post-(1/1/2014-12/31/2017) Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion: (1) newly insured, (2) continuously insured, (3) discontinuously insured, and (4) continuously uninsured. We also used Social Deprivation Index score to derive predicted probability of controlled hypertension using logistic mixed effects. N = 28,485 patients. All groups experienced improved hypertension control: the newly insured saw a greater increase than the other groups (8.6% vs. 0.9% for the continuously uninsured, 1.3% for the continuously and 3.0% for the discontinuously insured). The likelihood of hypertension control rose more for the newly insured (vs. the other insurance groups) for patients living in the most deprived neighborhoods (16% from pre- to post-ACA). Gaining health insurance was related to hypertension control; individuals living in the most disadvantaged communities experienced the greatest benefit. Ensuring health insurance access is important for cardiovascular health, especially among disadvantaged communities.
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