Job postings in the substance use disorder treatment related sector during the first five years of Medicaid expansion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective treatment strategies exist for substance use disorder (SUD), however severe hurdles remain in ensuring adequacy of the SUD treatment (SUDT) workforce as well as improving SUDT affordability, access and stigma. Although evidence shows recent increases in SUD medication access from expanding Medicaid availability under the Affordable Care Act, it is yet unknown whether these policies also led to a growth in hiring in the SUDT related workforce, partly due to poor data availability. Our study uses novel data to shed light on recent trends in a fast-evolving and policy-relevant labor market, and contributes to understanding data sources to track the SUDT related workforce and the effect of recent state healthcare policies on the supply side of this sector.

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SUBMITTER: Scrivner O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6992002 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature