Development of a cascade of care for responding to the opioid epidemic

AR Williams, EV Nunes, A Bisaga… - The American journal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Amid worsening opioid overdose death rates, the nation continues to face a persistent
addiction treatment gap limiting access to quality care for opioid use disorder (OUD). Three …

Estimated prevalence of opioid use disorder in Massachusetts, 2011–2015: a capture–recapture analysis

JA Barocas, LF White, J Wang… - … Journal of Public …, 2018 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To estimate the annual prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) in
Massachusetts from 2011 to 2015. Methods. We performed a multisample stratified capture …

Survey highlights differences in Medicaid coverage for substance use treatment and opioid use disorder medications

CM Grogan, C Andrews, A Abraham, K Humphreys… - Health …, 2016 - healthaffairs.org
The Affordable Care Act requires state Medicaid programs to cover substance use disorder
treatment for their Medicaid expansion population but allows states to decide which …

Reasons for not seeking substance use disorder treatment: variations by health insurance coverage

MM Ali, JL Teich, R Mutter - The journal of behavioral health services & …, 2017 - Springer
A large number of adults with substance use disorder (SUD) do not receive treatment for
their condition. Using data from the 2008–2013 National Survey of Drug Use and Health …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing a mobile health system to integrate the treatment of addiction into primary care: a hybrid implementation-effectiveness study

A Quanbeck, DH Gustafson, LA Marsch… - Journal of medical …, 2018 - jmir.org
Background Despite the near ubiquity of mobile phones, little research has been conducted
on the implementation of mobile health (mHealth) apps to treat patients in primary care …

An ACA provision increased treatment for young adults with possible mental illnesses relative to comparison group

B Saloner, B Lê Cook - Health Affairs, 2014 - healthaffairs.org
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) required that insurers allow people ages 19–25 to remain as
dependents on their parents' health insurance beginning in 2010. Using data from the 2008 …

Effect of Medicaid expansions on health insurance coverage and access to care among low‐income adults with behavioral health conditions

H Wen, BG Druss, JR Cummings - Health Services Research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine the effect of Medicaid expansions on health insurance coverage and
access to care among low‐income adults with behavioral health conditions. Data …

The role of perceived need and health insurance in substance use treatment: Implications for the Affordable Care Act

MM Ali, JL Teich, R Mutter - Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2015 - Elsevier
The expansions in insurance coverage under the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act
(ACA) that took full effect in 2014 have been projected to increase the number of users of …

Despite resources from the ACA, most states do little to help addiction treatment programs implement health care reform

C Andrews, A Abraham, CM Grogan, HA Pollack… - Health …, 2015 - healthaffairs.org
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically expands health insurance for addiction
treatment and provides unprecedented opportunities for service growth and delivery model …

Examining attrition rates at one specialty addiction treatment provider in the United States: a case study using a retrospective chart review

D Loveland, H Driscoll - Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and …, 2014 - Springer
Background Engaging individuals who have a substance use disorder (SUD) in treatment
continues to be a challenge for the specialty addiction treatment field. Research has …