Geographic Mobility Among Medicaid Beneficiaries With Sickle Cell Disease in California and Georgia, 2014 to 2016

Geographic Mobility Among Medicaid Beneficiaries With Sickle Cell Disease in California and Georgia, 2014 to 2016

Persons living with sickle cell disease (SCD) experience
significant morbidity stemming from disease symptoms
and complications, including frequent episodes of pain,
lifelong anemia, and end-organ damage.1,2

A substantially greater percentage of persons with
SCD rely on Medicaid than those with other rare
diseases, including hemophilia and cystic fibrosis.3-5

Understanding mobility among individuals with SCD
who are Medicaid beneficiaries may provide insight
on some of the variability in access to and continuity
of care.

 

Paulukonis, S., Zhou, M., Snyder, A., Cong, Z., Agodoa, I., El-Haj, N., Hulihan, M. (2020, September). Geographic Mobility Among Medicaid Beneficiaries With Sickle Cell Disease in California and Georgia, 2014 to 2016 [Conference Presentation]. Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research and Education Symposium, Florida, United States.