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The Continuity Cliff

The Continuity Cliff

2024 Medicaid/CHIP · child vs adult by shared domain

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Maine

Split: kids fare better in 3 of 4 shared domains, adults in 1. Widest kid-advantage is Behavioral Health Care; widest adult-advantage is Maternal and Perinatal Health.
ME

Domains compared

4 / 5

Shared domains with data for both programs

Mean delta

+0.07

Average child − adult across compared domains

Widest cliff

+0.16

Behavioral Health Care

delta = child − adult+ children fare better adults fare better

Child vs adult by shared domain

Bars show each program’s domain composite (0 = national bottom quartile, 1 = top). The delta is child − adult. Domains where only one program reported are shown as not compared — never imputed.

  • Behavioral Health Care+0.16
    Child
    0.74 · n=6
    Adult
    0.58 · n=8
  • Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions+0.15
    Child
    0.66 · n=3
    Adult
    0.51 · n=9
  • Experience of Carenot compared

    Only one Core Set program reported a measure in this domain, so no directional comparison is possible.

  • Maternal and Perinatal Health−0.15
    Child
    0.53 · n=4
    Adult
    0.68 · n=1
  • Primary Care Access and Preventive Care+0.10
    Child
    0.44 · n=6
    Adult
    0.34 · n=4

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