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Chronic Respiratory Diseases A Comparison of Prevalence, Utilization, and Payments in New Hampshire Medicaid and Commercially Insured Populations

June 2008

CATEGORIES:

Population Health, Medicaid

FILTERS:

Utilization, Cost, Quality, Health, Commercial, Medicaid

CONTACT

Andrea Stewart
astewart@dhhs.state.nh.us

This study evaluated three chronic respiratory diseases: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer. New Hampshire (NH) Medicaid and NH CHIS commercial administrative eligibility and claims data for services rendered during calendar (CY) year 2005 were used to study disease prevalence and associated utilization and payments.