Use of Outpatient Pharmacological Treatment Among Infants Born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Medicaid 2008-2017
ASPE ISSUE BRIEF
Mir M. Ali, Emma Nye, and Kristina West
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
December 2020
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ABSTRACT: This paper examines trends in outpatient pharmacological treatment among infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) between 2008 and 2017 in the United States, using a multi-state Medicaid claims database.
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