Assignment task: Medicaid Expansion And Health Services Use For Adults Experiencing Homelessness In Arkansas.
You can skip reading the statistical analysis subsection. I am looking here for an intuitive understanding of the paper rather than a deep statistical understanding of the statistical analysis.
1. Who is benefiting from this expansion (i.e., Treatment group)? Compare the Treated group in this paper to the treated group in the Oregon Medicaid expansion.
2. Who is the control group? Based on Exhibit 1, do you think it is a good comparison group?
3. What type of care are the authors focusing on and why in your opinion?
4. What are the main results of the paper?
5. The paper claims that there is a large increase in ED use whereas the evidence from the lecture reports that there is not statistically significant increase in the ER (Emergency care) Utilization. Is there a contradiction between these two statements? Explain.