Research Letter

Gaps in the Outpatient Referral Cascade for Patients With Medicaid

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.37047

October 09, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cohort study examines whether Medicaid status is independently associated with outpatient referral scheduling and completion at a large, multisite academic medical center.

Corresponding Author: Parsa Erfani, MD, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115 (perfani@bwh.harvard.edu).

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