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SUBMITTER: Lasser KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5980373 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lasser Karen E KE Hanchate Amresh D AD McCormick Danny D Walley Alexander Y AY Saitz Richard R Lin Meng-Yun MY Kressin Nancy R NR
Health services research 20170519 3
<h4>Objective</h4>To examine whether Massachusetts (MA) health reform affected substance (alcohol or drug) use disorder (SUD)-related hospitalizations in acute care hospitals.<h4>Data/study setting</h4>2004-2010 MA inpatient discharge data.<h4>Design</h4>Difference-in-differences analysis to identify pre- to postreform changes in age- and sex-standardized population-based rates of SUD-related medical and surgical hospitalizations, adjusting for secular trends.<h4>Data extraction methods</h4>We i ...[more]