Editing Medicaid (section)

== Utilization ==
During 2003–2012, the share of hospital stays billed to Medicaid increased by 2.5%, or 0.8 million stays.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wiess AJ, Elixhauser A |title=Overview of Hospital Utilization, 2012 |journal=HCUP Statistical Brief |issue=180 |publisher=Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |location=Rockville, MD |date=October 2014 |url=https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb179-Emergency-Department-Trends.jsp}}</ref> As of 2019, Medicaid paid for half of all births in the United States.<ref name="Franco"/>

Medicaid super utilizers (defined as Medicaid patients with four or more admissions in one year) account for more hospital stays (5.9 vs.1.3 stays), longer lengths of stay (6.1 vs. 4.5 days), and higher hospital costs per stay ($11,766 vs. $9,032).<ref name="Characteristics of Hospital Stays">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jiang HJ, Barrett ML, Sheng M |title=Characteristics of Hospital Stays for Nonelderly Medicaid Super-Utilizers, 2012 |journal=HCUP Statistical Brief |issue=184 |publisher=Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |location=Rockville, MD |date=November 2014 |pmid=25590126 |url=https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb184-Hospital-Stays-Medicaid-Super-Utilizers-2012.jsp}}</ref> Medicaid super-utilizers were more likely than other Medicaid patients to be male and to be aged 45–64 years.<ref name="Characteristics of Hospital Stays" /> Common conditions among super-utilizers include [[mood disorder]]s and [[Mental disorder|psychiatric disorders]], as well as [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]], [[cancer]] treatment, [[sickle cell anemia]], [[sepsis]], [[congestive heart failure]], [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]], and complications of devices, implants, and [[Graft (surgery)|grafts]].<ref name="Characteristics of Hospital Stays" />