2024
Access to treatment before and after Medicare coverage of opioid treatment programs
Liu R, Beetham T, Newton H, Busch S. Access to treatment before and after Medicare coverage of opioid treatment programs. Health Affairs Scholar 2024, 2: qxae076. PMID: 38938273, PMCID: PMC11210307, DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxae076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment servicesOpioid use disorderTreatment programsOpioid treatment programsMedicare coverageFor-profit statusCounty-level changesTreat opioid use disorderNonwhite residentsNonwhite populationsOpioid use disorder treatment servicesSociodemographic characteristicsNational DirectoryServicesUse disorderTreatment facilitiesOutpatient settingMedicareAccessOpioid
2022
Association of Access to Crisis Intervention Teams With County Sociodemographic Characteristics and State Medicaid Policies and Its Implications for a New Mental Health Crisis Lifeline
Newton H, Beetham T, Busch SH. Association of Access to Crisis Intervention Teams With County Sociodemographic Characteristics and State Medicaid Policies and Its Implications for a New Mental Health Crisis Lifeline. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2224803. PMID: 35838666, PMCID: PMC9287760, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health treatment facilitiesCrisis Intervention TeamsCounty-level accessCross-sectional studyIntervention teamMedicaid policiesAssociation of accessUS residentsUS countiesMental health issuesRisk of incarcerationUnadjusted analysesNational DirectoryState Medicaid policiesBehavioral health crisesMAIN OUTCOMEPsychiatric hospitalSociodemographic characteristicsShort-term stayHealth issuesTop quartileDemographic characteristicsMedicaidRural countiesResidents of counties