2022
Association of Access to Crisis Intervention Teams With County Sociodemographic Characteristics and State Medicaid Policies and Its Implications for a New Mental Health Crisis Lifeline
Newton H, Beetham T, Busch SH. Association of Access to Crisis Intervention Teams With County Sociodemographic Characteristics and State Medicaid Policies and Its Implications for a New Mental Health Crisis Lifeline. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2224803. PMID: 35838666, PMCID: PMC9287760, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health treatment facilitiesCrisis Intervention TeamsCounty-level accessCross-sectional studyIntervention teamMedicaid policiesAssociation of accessUS residentsUS countiesMental health issuesRisk of incarcerationUnadjusted analysesNational DirectoryState Medicaid policiesBehavioral health crisesMAIN OUTCOMEPsychiatric hospitalSociodemographic characteristicsShort-term stayHealth issuesTop quartileDemographic characteristicsMedicaidRural countiesResidents of counties
2019
Access to Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment in Areas With High Rates of Opioid-Related Mortality: An Audit Study.
Beetham T, Saloner B, Wakeman SE, Gaye M, Barnett ML. Access to Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment in Areas With High Rates of Opioid-Related Mortality: An Audit Study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2019, 171: 1-9. PMID: 31158849, PMCID: PMC7164610, DOI: 10.7326/m18-3457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBuprenorphine treatmentBuprenorphine prescribersBuprenorphine prescriptionsFirst visitHeroin useActive heroin useBuprenorphine-naloxone treatmentCurrent heroin useOpioid use disorderOpioid-related mortalityReal-world accessClinician typeBuprenorphine inductionPayer statusNew appointmentsHigh burdenBuprenorphine accessFirst appointmentMedicaid coverageUse disordersPatientsDrug abusePrescribersMedicaidNational Institute