Neighborhood Environment and Poor Maternal Glycemic Control-Associated Complications of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

Introduction: Risk of complications due to gestational diabetes mellitus is increasing in the U.S., particularly among individuals from racial minorities.

Access to Transportation and Health Care Visits for Medicaid Enrollees With Diabetes.

Purpose: Diabetes is a chronic condition that requires frequent health care visits for its management. Individuals without nonemergency medical transportation often miss appointments and do not receive optimal care. This study aims to evaluate the association between Medicaid-provided nonemergency medical transportation and diabetes care visits.

Nonemergency medical transportation and health care visits among chronically ill urban and rural medicaid beneficiaries.

Inaccessibility to health care services due to lack of transportation affects the most vulnerable segments of the society. The effect of Medicaid-provided nonemergency medical transportation (NEMT) in Oklahoma on health care visits for the management of chronic illnesses is examined. Analyses of claims data show that African Americans are the highest users of NEMT.