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Substance Use, the Opioid Epidemic and the Child Welfare Caseloads: Methodological Details from a Mixed Methods Study
This brief describes the research methods used to produce the findings in Substance Use, the Opioid Epidemic, and Child Welfare Caseloads: A Mixed Methods Study. It is a part of a series of briefs that discuss different aspects and issues surrounding the relationship between substance use disorders and the child welfare system.
ASPE Issue Brief
Substance Use Disorder Workforce Issue Brief
Many barriers to accessing evidence-based treatment for substance use disorder (SUD), particularly medication assisted treatment, are related to the workforce. Barriers include workforce shortages for certain providers, insufficient training, education and experience, lack of institutional and clinician peer support, provider stigma and inadequate or burdensome reimbursement. Recognizing the…
ASPE Issue Brief
Substance Use Disorder Workforce Issue Brief
Ellen Bouchery, Mathematica Policy Research Judith Dey, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (5 PDF pages)
Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare: Considerations in Contracting Vendors for Predictive Analytics
An increasing number of child welfare agencies are considering using predictive analytics in their work. Typically they do so by contracting with a vendor to develop and maintain a predictive analytics model that is used by the agency to predict risk of a specified outcome. There are significant differences between contracts for these services and other types of contracts child welfare agencies…
Strategies by Federally-Funded Health Centers to Facilitate Patient Access to Specialty Care
This report summarizes findings from a small qualitative study of six health centers that are pursuing a diverse range of approaches to facilitating specialty care for patients.
Patient-Centered Medical Home Implementation in Indian Health Service Direct Service Facilities
This report summarizes strategies Indian Health Service (IHS) clinics have used to implement the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care, challenges they faced during implementation, and lessons learned that might benefit IHS clinics that have not yet received PCMH recognition. Common strategies to address challenges include use of telemedicine and partnerships with academic…
National Research Summit on Care, Services and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers: Final Summit Report
This is the PDF version of the final Summit report, which includes the recommendations, prepared for the National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers (also called the Research Summit on Dementia Care). Originally dated April 27, 2018; small changes were made on May 16, 2018.
Research Summit on Dementia Care: Main Summit Recommendations
This is the PDF version of the 12 Recommendation Themes from National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers: Report to the National Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Service. The Steering Committee and organizers of this Summit solicited input from nationally and internationally recognized experts and researchers, and…
National Research Summit on Care, Services and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers: Final Summit Report
National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers Report to the National Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services April 27, 2018Updated May 16, 2018
Research Summit on Dementia Care: Main Summit Recommendations
Main Summit Recommendations April 27, 2018Updated May 16, 2018 Summit Co-Chairs:Laura N. Gitlin, PhD Katie Maslow, MSW Federal Lead:Rohini Khillan, MPH
Report to Congress
Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors, Seventeenth Report to Congress
This report provides welfare dependence indicators through 2015 for most indicators and through 2016 for some indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996.
State Practices in Treatment/Therapeutic Foster Care
Treatment foster care (TFC; sometimes known as therapeutic foster care) is a family-based placement option for children with serious emotional, behavioral, or medical needs who can be served in the community with intensive support. This report describes how TFC is implemented and supported by states. It provides an overview of the key program elements of TFC defined by states and how states…
Development and Testing of Behavioral Health Quality Measures for Health Plans: Final Report
Many people with behavioral health disorders receive suboptimal care and suffer poor health outcomes, including premature death. States, health plans, providers, and other stakeholders need a strong set of measures targeting this population to improve the quality of their care. In this project, we developed and tested measures reported by health plans that focus on screening and monitoring of…
Development and Testing of Behavioral Health Quality Measures for Health Plans: Final Report
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Examining Consumer Responses to Calorie Information on Restaurant Menus in a Discrete Choice Experiment
The 2014 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) final rule, “Food Labeling: Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments,” requires information on the calorie content of food items to be clearly displayed on menus. This FDA menu labeling rule applies to restaurants and similar retail food establishments that are part of a chain with 20 or more…
Indian Health Service Programs—A Retention Analysis
This study expands upon the analysis of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) begun in “Provider Retention in High Need Areas and continued in “The National Health Service Corps: An Extended Analysis” by using the same techniques used in these earlier studies to examine retention patterns in Indian Health providers.. The study finds about 81% of the IHS program participants serve…
Analyzing the Public Benefit Attributable to Interoperable Health Information Exchange
This project developed methods and measures that can be used to quantify the public benefits that result from Interoperable Health Information Exchange (IEHI). In the first phase of this project, a literature review was conducted and discussions were held with subject matter experts to identify areas where evidence suggests that the greatest benefits resulting from IEHI might be found. Next a…
The Relationship between Substance Use Indicators and Child Welfare Caseloads
This research brief describes how select indicators associated with substance use prevalence relate to the changing trend in child welfare caseloads. It is part of a series describing findings of a mixed methods study undertaken to better understand how parental substance use relates to child welfare caseloads, which began rising in 2012 following years of sustained declines.
Substance Use, the Opioid Epidemic and the Child Welfare System: Key Findings from a Mixed Methods Study
This study examined the relationship between parental substance misuse and child welfare caseloads, which began rising in 2012 after more than a decade of decline. We examined county level variation in both phenomena and qualitative interviews documented the perspectives and experiences of local professionals in the child welfare agency, substance use disorder treatment programs, family courts,…
Aging, Reentry, and Health Coverage: Barriers to Medicare and Medicaid for Older Reentrants
Linkage to health coverage upon release from prison or jail is a critical aspect of the reentry process that may promote greater personal stability and productivity, as well as better care coordination in the community health care system and subsequent reductions in state expenditures. This paper examines operational and legal or regulatory barriers to enrollment in Medicare and Medicaid among…