Sports and non-sports-related concussions among Medicaid-insured children: health care utilization before and after Ohio's concussion law.
Alison NewtonJingzhen Ginger YangJunxin ShiLindsay SullivanLihong HuangBhavna SingichettiMotao ZhuAshley S FelixPublished in: Injury epidemiology (2020)
We observed higher proportions of health care utilization for NSRCs than SRCs in Medicaid insured children and a shift in health care utilization from the ED to primary care in the post-law period. SRCs and NSRCs are likely to have different patterns of health care utilization before and after the enactment of Ohio's concussion law. Our results demonstrate that Ohio's youth concussion law had a quantifiable impact on health care utilization.