Meryem Saygili

Biographic Data

ID7143937
NAMEMeryem Saygili
GIVEN NAMESMeryem
FAMILY NAMESaygili
SIGNATURESAYGILI M
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at Tyler
ORCID0000-0003-0167-6822
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Pandemic-driven healthcare disruptions and their disproportionate impact on patients with diabetes

    Open AccessMeryem Saygili, Gultekin Gollu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening complication of uncontrolled diabetes. The COVID-19 pandemic may have increased DKA incidences and worsened outcomes both through the potential diabetogenic effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection (direct effect) and through pandemic-related disruptions in healthcare (indirect effects,) including delays in seeking or receiving care, reduced access to routine outpatient services, and strains on…

  • Association of Medicaid expansion with birth outcomes

    Open AccessMeryem Saygili, Esra Eren BayindirARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Medicaid expansion was associated with a 1.38-percentage-point decrease (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.09-2.67) in preterm birth overall. Event study results suggest that preterm births decreased gradually over time. Medicaid expansion was associated with a 2.04-percentage-point decrease (95% CI, 0.24-3.85) in preterm birth and a 1.75-percentage-point decrease (95% CI, 0.42-3.08) in low birth weight for White infants. However, Medicaid expansio…

  • How Would Medicaid Expansion Affect Texas Hospitals? Evidence From a Retrospective Quasi-Experimental Study

    Open AccessMeryem SaygiliARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2022

    This study aims to estimate the impact of a potential Medicaid expansion on Texas hospitals. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion increased access to health care and improved health outcomes. Still, several states, including Texas, have not adopted the expansion. This is a retrospective quasi-experimental study. We obtained inpatient data containing discharges from Texas hospitals between 2010 and 2017 from the Texas Department of Sta…

  • The Effect of Shelter-in-Place Orders on Social Distancing and the Spread of the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessMarco A Castaneda, Meryem SaygiliARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    Objectives: We study how the state-wide shelter-in-place order affected social distancing and the number of cases and deaths in Texas. Methods: We use daily data at the county level. The COVID-19 cases and fatalities data are from the New York Times. Social distancing measures are from SafeGraph. Both data are retrieved from the Unfolded Studio website. The county-level COVID-related policy responses are from the National Association of Counties.…