Oregon Health Insurance Experiment

What was the Research Question of this paper?

• Using an RCT to determine what percentage of the adult population are eligible for medicaid

• To examine the impact of lottery on medicaid utilization in Oregan

• • To examine the impact of expanding access to public health insurance to the low income, uninsured adult population. 

• To observe the number of hospitilizations and general visits to the doctor for individuals who have access to private health insurance

What empirical methods used by the researchers in the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment

• RCT and IV

• RCT

• DD

• IV

How many people gained access to Medicaid Insurance after winning the lottery in this study?

• 5,000 people

• 60,000 people

• 30,000 people

• 10,000 people

What type of dataset did the researchers examine in this study?

• Census

• National Public Health Database

• Survey Data and Administrative Data

• Research Data

What's the first stage of IV in this study?

• The impact of insurance on various outcomes

• The impact of lottery on insurance

• The impact of lottery on various outcomes

• The impact of Medicaid use on insurance

What was one of the significant results of the study?

• The study found that access to Medicaid resulted in less frequent ER visits

• The study showed that access to Medicaid had no effect on compliance with recommended preventive care

• The study found that access to Medicaid resulted in more frequent ER visits

• The study found that access to Medicaid resulted in an increase in compliance with recommended preventive care

What was the frequency of the data collection?

• 6 months

• 1 year

• monthly

• 3 months

What was the significant limitation of this study?

• There were problems with data collection

• It was conducted using a weak empirical method

• It was not externally valid

• The researchers were biased

What was the impact of access to Medicaid on collections?

• Access to Medicaid resulted in a decline in both the existence and magnitude of medical collections

• Access to Medicaid resulted in a increase in unpaid collections

• Access to Medicaid resulted in an increase in medical collections but a decline in overall collections

• Access to Medicaid had no impact on collections