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ArticleMedical care2022

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Substance Use Treatment in Medicaid Managed Care in New York City: The Role of Plan and Geography.

Margarita Alegría, Irene Falgas-Bague, Marie Fukuda, Jenny Zhen-Duan, Cole Weaver, Isabel O'Malley, Timothy Layton, Jacob Wallace, Lulu Zhang, Sheri Markle and 5 more

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Article in Medical care, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023
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  4. Preventive care recommendations to promote health equity.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Margarita AlegríaDisparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Irene Falgas-BagueDisparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Marie FukudaDisparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Jenny Zhen-DuanDisparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Cole WeaverHealth Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Isabel O'MalleyDisparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Timothy LaytonHealth Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Jacob WallaceYale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT.
Lulu ZhangDisparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Sheri MarkleDisparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Pat LincourtNew York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, Albany.
Shazia HussainNew York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, Albany.
Roberto Lewis-FernándezDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University.
Dolly A JohnNew York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.
Thomas McGuireHealth Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USHarvard University · USNew York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services · USNew York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute · USNew York State Psychiatric InstituteYale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
The Impact of Medicaid Plans on Access to and Quality of SUD TreatmentR01DA044526 · NIDA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ALEGRIA, MARGARITA · 2018 to 2020
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA044526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim was to assess the magnitude of health care disparities in treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) and the role of health plan membership and place of residence in observed disparities in Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) plans in New York City (NYC). DATA SOURCE: Medicaid claims and managed care plan enrollment files for 2015-2017 in NYC. RESEARCH

designWe studied Medicaid enrollees with a SUD diagnosis during their first 6 months of enrollment in a managed care plan in 2015-2017. A series of linear regression models quantified service disparities across race/ethnicity for 5 outcome indicators: treatment engagement, receipt of psychosocial treatment, follow-up after withdrawal, rapid readmission, and treatment continuation. We assessed the degree to which plan membership and place of residence contributed to observed disparities.

resultsWe found disparities in access to treatment but the magnitude of the disparities in most cases was small. Plan membership and geography of residence explained little of the observed disparities. One exception is geography of residence among Asian Americans, which appears to mediate disparities for 2 of our 5 outcome measures.

conclusionsReallocating enrollees among MMC plans in NYC or evolving trends in group place of residence are unlikely to reduce disparities in treatment for SUD. System-wide reforms are needed to mitigate disparities.

Indexed as

MedicaidSubstance-Related DisordersEthnicityGeographyHealthcare DisparitiesHumansManaged Care ProgramsNew York CityUnited States

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PMID36038524
PMCPMC9588705
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