Publications

Publications

Dataset generation processes developed as part of the following Medicaid research publications led to the creation of medicaid-utils. If you use this package, please consider citing the relevant papers.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Liu, A., Hernandez, V., Stulberg, D., Schumm, P., Murugesan, M., McHugh, A., & Dude, A. (2025). Short-interval pregnancy following delivery in Catholic-affiliated versus non-Catholic-affiliated hospitals among patients insured through the Medicaid program. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 57(3), 321–328. doi:10.1111/psrh.70021

2. Wan, W., Murugesan, M., Nocon, R. S., Bolton, J., Konetzka, R. T., Chin, M. H., & Huang, E. S. (2024). Comparison of two propensity score-based methods for balancing covariates: The overlap weighting and fine stratification methods in real-world claims data. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24(1), 122. doi:10.1186/s12874-024-02228-z

3. Volerman, A., Carlson, B., Wan, W., Murugesan, M., Asfour, N., Bolton, J., Chin, M. H., Sripipatana, A., & Nocon, R. S. (2024). Utilization, quality, and spending for pediatric Medicaid enrollees with primary care in health centers vs non-health centers. BMC Pediatrics, 24(1), 100. doi:10.1186/s12887-024-04547-y

4. Liu, A., Hernandez, V., Dude, A., Schumm, L. P., Murugesan, M., McHugh, A., & Stulberg, D. B. (2024). Racial and ethnic disparities in short interval pregnancy following delivery in Catholic vs non-Catholic hospitals among California Medicaid enrollees. Contraception, 131, 110308. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110308

5. Timtim, E., Murugesan, M., Blair, M. P., & Rodriguez, S. H. (2023). Association of health insurance status with severity and treatment among infants with retinopathy of prematurity. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 60(6), e75–e78. doi:10.3928/01913913-20231026-01

6. Peterson, L., Murugesan, M., Nocon, R., Hoang, H., Bolton, J., Laiteerapong, N., Pollack, H., & Marsh, J. (2022). Health care use and spending for Medicaid patients diagnosed with opioid use disorder receiving primary care in Federally Qualified Health Centers and other primary care settings. PLoS ONE, 17(10), e0276066. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0276066

7. Knitter, A. C., Murugesan, M., Saulsberry, L., Wan, W., Nocon, R. S., Huang, E. S., Bolton, J., Chin, M. H., & Laiteerapong, N. (2022). Quality of care for US adults with Medicaid insurance and type 2 diabetes in Federally Qualified Health Centers compared with other primary care settings. Medical Care, 60(11), 813–820. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000001766

8. Caldwell, A., Schumm, P., Murugesan, M., & Stulberg, D. (2022). Short-interval pregnancy in the Illinois Medicaid population following delivery in Catholic vs non-Catholic hospitals. Contraception, 112, 105–110. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2022.02.009

9. Dude, A. M., Schueler, K., Schumm, L. P., Murugesan, M., & Stulberg, D. B. (2022). Preconception care and severe maternal morbidity in the United States. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM, 4(2), 100549. doi:10.1016/j.ajogmf.2021.100549

Research Areas

These publications span several areas of Medicaid health services research:

• Maternal and reproductive health — delivery outcomes, short-interval pregnancy, preconception care
• Opioid use disorder — treatment patterns, FQHC utilization, spending
• Diabetes care quality — FQHC vs. non-FQHC primary care settings
• Pediatric care — utilization and spending for Medicaid-enrolled children
• Methodological contributions — propensity score methods for claims data

Citing medicaid-utils

@software{medicaid_utils,
  author = {Research Computing Group, Biostatistics Laboratory, University of Chicago},
  title = {medicaid-utils: Python Toolkit for Medicaid Claims Data Analysis},
  url = {https://github.com/uc-cms/medicaid-utils},
  license = {MIT}
}

You can also use the "Cite this repository" button on the GitHub page.