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SUBMITTER: Maclean JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7071834 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maclean Johanna Catherine JC Saloner Brendan B
Journal of policy analysis and management : [the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management] 20190101 2
We examine the effect of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on substance use disorder (SUD) treatment utilization and financing. We combine data on admissions to specialty facilities and Medicaid-reimbursed prescriptions for medications commonly used to treat SUDs in nonspecialty outpatient settings with an event-study design. Several findings emerge from our study. First, among patients receiving specialty care, Medicaid coverage and payments increased. Second, the share of ...[more]