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Associations Between State Policies Facilitating Telehealth and Buprenorphine Episode Initiation and Duration Early in the COVID Pandemic Open

Bradley D. Stein, Brendan Saloner, Flora Sheng, Mark Sorbero, Andrew W. Dick , et al. · 2024

Importance State policies facilitating telehealth implemented early in COVID may support buprenorphine treatment of opioid use disorder. However, little empirical information is available about those policies’ effects. Objective Examine as…

Hospital Strain During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Outcomes in Older Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults Open

Laurent G. Glance, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Patricia W. Stone, E. Yoko Furuya, Jingjing Shang , et al. · 2024

Importance Marginalized populations have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Critically ill patients belonging to racial and ethnic minority populations treated in hospitals operating under crisis or near-crisis cond…

Autoregressive models for panel data causal inference with application to state-level opioid policies Open

Joseph Antonelli, Max Rubinstein, Denis Agniel, Rosanna Smart, Elizabeth A. Stuart , et al. · 2024

Motivated by the study of state opioid policies, we propose a novel approach that uses autoregressive models for causal effect estimation in settings with panel data and staggered treatment adoption. Specifically, we seek to estimate the i…

Use of Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities by Medicare Beneficiaries with Dementia Open

Mark Sorbero, Yucheng Sheng, Swad Komanduri, Jodi Liu · 2024

Alzheimer's dementia, the most common type of dementia, afflicts more than 6 million Americans. More than 80 percent of people living with dementia (PLWD) live in the community, either with caregivers or alone. As cognitive impairment beco…

Differences in medicaid expansion effects on buprenorphine treatment utilization by county rurality and income: A pharmacy data claims analysis from 2009–2018 Open

Olivia K. Golan, Flora Sheng, Andrew W. Dick, Mark Sorbero, Daniel J. Whitaker , et al. · 2023

Medicaid expansion was associated with a reduction in income-related buprenorphine disparities in urban counties, but not in rural counties. To achieve more equitable buprenorphine access, future policies should target low-income rural are…

State Policy and the Breadth of Buprenorphine-Prescriber Networks in Medicaid Managed Care Open

Mark K. Meiselbach, Coleman Drake, Jane M. Zhu, Brynna Manibusan, Dylan Nagy , et al. · 2023

Provider networks in Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) play a crucial role in ensuring access to buprenorphine, a highly effective treatment for opioid use disorder. Using a difference-in-differences approach that compares network breadth across…

Buprenorphine Treatment Episodes During the First Year of COVID: a Retrospective Examination of Treatment Initiation and Retention Open

Bradley D. Stein, Rachel K. Landis, Flora Sheng, Brendan Saloner, Adam J. Gordon , et al. · 2022

Buprenorphine treatment episode duration, dosage, and concurrent prescribing of benzodiazepines and opioid analgesics: The effects of Medicaid prior authorization policies Open

Rachel K. Landis, Isaac Opper, Brendan Saloner, Adam J. Gordon, Douglas Leslie , et al. · 2022

Differences in buprenorphine treatment quality across physician provider specialties Open

Jonathan Levin, Rachel K. Landis, Mark Sorbero, Andrew W. Dick, Brendan Saloner , et al. · 2022

State Policies and Buprenorphine Prescribing by Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Open

Jordan M. Harrison, Rose Kerber, Barbara Andraka‐Christou, Mark Sorbero, Bradley D. Stein · 2022

Nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) prescribing can increase access to buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder. In this cross-sectional study, we used deidentified claims from approximately 90% of U.S. retail pharm…

Subsequent Buprenorphine Treatment Following Emergency Physician Buprenorphine Prescription Fills: A National Assessment 2019 to 2020 Open

Bradley D. Stein, Brendan Saloner, Rose Kerber, Mark Sorbero, Adam J. Gordon · 2022

Medicaid Payment and Fluoride Varnish Application During Pediatric Medical Visits Open

Ashley M. Kranz, Isaac Opper, Bradley D. Stein, Teague Ruder, Grace Gahlon , et al. · 2022

All Medicaid programs pay for fluoride varnish applications during medical visits for infants and toddlers, but receipt of care varies considerably across states. Using 2006–2014 Medicaid data from 22 states, this study examined the associ…

Sociodemographic Differences in Quality of Treatment to Medicaid Enrollees Receiving Buprenorphine Open

Rachel K. Landis, Jonathan Levin, Brendan Saloner, Adam J. Gordon, Andrew W. Dick , et al. · 2022

Background: Buprenorphine is a key medication to treat opioid use disorder, but little is known about how treatment quality varies across sociodemographic groups. Objective: We examined measures of treatment quality and explored variation …

The effect of state policies on rates of high-risk prescribing of an initial opioid analgesic Open

Bradley D. Stein, Flora Sheng, Erin Audrey Taylor, Andrew W. Dick, Mark Sorbero , et al. · 2021

Change in Per Capita Opioid Prescriptions Filled at Retail Pharmacies, 2008–2009 to 2017–2018 Open

Bradley D. Stein, Erin Audrey Taylor, Flora Sheng, Andrew W. Dick, Mary E. Vaiana , et al. · 2021

LettersFebruary 2022Change in Per Capita Opioid Prescriptions Filled at Retail Pharmacies, 2008–2009 to 2017–2018Bradley D. Stein, MD, PhD, Erin A. Taylor, PhD, MSPH, Flora Sheng, MPH, Andrew W. Dick, PhD, Mary Vaiana, PhD, Mark Sorbero, M…

Rapid Discontinuation of Chronic, High-Dose Opioid Treatment for Pain: Prevalence and Associated Factors Open

Bradley D. Stein, Tisamarie B. Sherry, Brenna O’Neill, Erin Audrey Taylor, Mark Sorbero · 2021

Infection Hospitalization Trends Among US Home Healthcare Patients, 2013–2018 Open

Ashley M. Chastain, Jordan M. Harrison, Jingjing Shang, E. Yoko Furuya, Andrew W. Dick , et al. · 2021

Background: Infections are a frequent cause of hospital (re)admissions for older adults receiving home health care (HHC) in the United States. However, previous investigators have likely underestimated the prevalence of infections leading …

Advanced cognitive impairment among older nursing home residents Open

Tadeja Gračner, Patricia W. Stone, Mansi Agarwal, Mark Sorbero, Susan L. Mitchell , et al. · 2021

Infection trends in home health care, 2013–2018 Open

Jordan M. Harrison, Andrew W. Dick, Patricia W. Stone, Ashley M. Chastain, Mark Sorbero , et al. · 2021

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Concentration of Patient Care Among Buprenorphine-Prescribing Clinicians in the US Open

Bradley D. Stein, Brendan Saloner, Megan S. Schuler, Jill Gurvey, Mark Sorbero , et al. · 2021

This study quantifies the total amount of buprenorphine care delivered by active prescribers and to what extent that varies across specialties.

Trends in visits to substance use disorder treatment facilities in 2020 Open

Jonathan Cantor, David W. Kravitz, Mark Sorbero, Barbara Andraka‐Christou, Christopher Whaley , et al. · 2021

Does Integration of Palliative Care and Infection Management Reduce Hospital Transfers among Nursing Home Residents? Open

Jordan M. Harrison, Mansi Agarwal, Patricia W. Stone, Tadeja Gračner, Mark Sorbero , et al. · 2021

Background: An estimated 50% of nursing home (NH) residents experience hospital transfers in their last year of life, often due to infections. Hospital transfers due to infection are often of little clinical benefit to reside…

Individual and Community Factors Associated with Naloxone Co-prescribing Among Long-term Opioid Patients: a Retrospective Analysis Open

Bradley D. Stein, Rosanna Smart, Christopher M. Jones, Flora Sheng, David Powell , et al. · 2021

Patient, prescriber, and Community factors associated with filled naloxone prescriptions among patients receiving buprenorphine 2017-18 Open

Bradley D. Stein, Christopher M. Jones, Rosanna Smart, Flora Sheng, Mark Sorbero · 2021

The Burden of Infection in Transfers from Nursing Homes to Hospitals Open

Andrew W. Dick, Mark Sorbero, E. Yoko Furuya, Mansi Agarwal, Patricia W. Stone · 2020

Background: The focus on infection prevention in nursing homes is growing, but little is known about the role infections play in transfers from nursing home to hospital. Our goals were (1) to identify rates of infection-related transfers t…

Impact of a Medicaid policy on preventive oral health services for children with intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, or both Open

Ashley M. Kranz, Rachel Ross, Mark Sorbero, Aaron Kofner, Bradley D. Stein , et al. · 2020

Growth and Distribution of Buprenorphine-Waivered Providers in the United States, 2007–2017 Open

Ryan K. McBain, Andrew W. Dick, Mark Sorbero, Bradley D. Stein · 2020

Letters7 April 2020Growth and Distribution of Buprenorphine-Waivered Providers in the United States, 2007–2017Ryan K. McBain, PhD, MPH, Andrew Dick, PhD, Mark Sorbero, MS, and Bradley D. Stein, MD, PhDRyan K. McBain, PhD, MPHRAND Corporati…

Changes in US Nursing Home Infection Prevention and Control Programs From 2014 to 2018 Open

Mansi Agarwal, Andrew W. Dick, Mark Sorbero, Lona Mody, Patricia W. Stone · 2019

ADVANCED ILLNESS AMONG ELDERLY NURSING HOME RESIDENTS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA Open

Tadeja Gračner, Mark Sorbero, Patricia W. Stone, Mansi Agarwal, Andrew W. Dick · 2019

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (AD/ADRD) are leading causes of mortality in the United States. Identifying advanced illness (AI) in NH residents is key for developing therapeutic and palliative care plans for end of life. We refi…

Integration of Palliative Care and Infection Management at the End of Life in U.S. Nursing Homes Open

Patricia W. Stone, Mansi Agarwal, Feifei Ye, Mark Sorbero, Susan C. Miller , et al. · 2019

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