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Availability and Correlates of Integrated Treatment for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in Outpatient Behavioral Health Treatment Facilities
People with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs) benefit from integrated treatment to address both disorders concurrently. For several decades, policymakers and behavioral health systems have worked to overcome the historical separation between mental health and SUD treatment to improve care for people with co-occurring disorders.
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Health Information Technology Adoption and Utilization in Behavioral Health Settings: Final Report
Health Information Technology (HIT) was identified as a critical component of the HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration. To support the implementation of the Roadmap, an ASPE study was conducted to provide an overview of HIT adoption and utilization among behavioral health providers.
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Wait Time Standards for Behavioral Health Network Adequacy
Insufficient access to behavioral health (BH) care and the inability to get timely care are significant problems in the United States. Concerns about BH network adequacy have been prompted by evidence of narrow networks for BH, variation in network adequacy across plans, and evidence that network adequacy impacts access to certain specialties.
Buprenorphine Dispensing Among Women of Reproductive Age in the U.S. by Provider Type, 2013-2022 Data Brief
This study of national retail pharmacy data from 2013 to 2022, found an overall increase in buprenorphine dispensed to women of reproductive age and a marked increase in fills that were prescribed by nurse practitioners/physician assistants.
ASPE Issue Brief
Opioid Use Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women and their Children
This study represents findings from a descriptive analysis of a linked mother-child Medicaid claims dataset to examine the characteristics of pregnant women who use medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) or intensive behavioral health treatment; additional analysis describes the mental health and neurodevelopment outcomes of their children at one year and three years.
ASPE Issue Brief, Database, Dataset, Report
Developing a Database of SUD Treatment Needs
A 2020 study examined the feasibility of using substance use disorder (SUD) patient intake assessment data as source of information for treatment planning.
ASPE Issue Brief
Advancing Research on Intersections of Child Welfare and Medicaid Using Linked Data from the CCOULD Project
Increasing availability of linked child welfare and Medicaid data can advance research on the intersections of child welfare and Medicaid. The project, Child and Caregiver Outcomes Using Linked Data (CCOULD), developed a research-use dataset combining child welfare records and Medicaid claims for children and families involved in child welfare systems in Florida and Kentucky.
ASPE Issue Brief
Project Update: Child Welfare and Health Infrastructure for Linking and Data Analysis of Resources, Effectiveness, and Needs (CHILDREN) Initiative
This brief describes progress in the Child Welfare and Health Infrastructure for Linking and Data Analysis of Resources, Effectiveness, and Needs (CHILDREN) Initiative, which is entering its second year. At this time, four jurisdictions have been selected for participation in the CHILDREN Initiative and are engaging in feasibility studies to determine readiness for linking data.
ASPE Issue Brief
Substance Use and SUDs by Race and Ethnicity
This brief assesses whether and how rates of substance use and substance use disorder (SUD) among adults (ages 18 and older) differ by race and ethnicity. The authors combine five years of data, 2015-2019, from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to create sample sizes large enough to examine specific racial and ethnic groups for specific categories of drug use.