This study used Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) files to develop national estimates of Medicaid substance abuse (SA) treatment spending, as well as estimates of state spending in 18 states with predominantly fee-for-service coverage of SA treatment. Nationally, medical expenditures to treat SA...

This article provides findings from a training pilot to enhance the ability of medical assistants (MAs) to have therapeutic encounters with Latino families who have mental health concerns in pediatric primary care. The study found that MAs were able to master most of the skills taught during the...

This article provides findings from a training pilot to enhance the ability of medical assistants (MAs) to have therapeutic encounters with Latino families who have mental health concerns in pediatric primary care. The study found that MAs were able to master most of the skills taught during the...

This report describes the linkage of National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) survey data to Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) files. It describes the data sources, linkage algorithm, linkage results, and offers advice to researchers interested in using the linked NCHS-MAX files.

Using data from two national surveys, this article examines the extent to which residential treatment facilities consistently implement certain practices following incidents of seclusion or restraint. The study found that 76 percent of facilities reported having secluded or restrained youth in...

This report estimates the effects of reimbursement strategies and provider-level interventions to reduce hospital readmissions. Several quality-improvement interventions have proved effective in reducing readmission rates, but relatively few hospitals have adopted these programs, in large part...

Mathematica evaluated five health care reform proposals for the state of Washington in 2008. The proposals featured, respectively: reduced regulation in the current market; Massachusetts-style insurance reforms with a health insurance connector; a health partnership program similar to the...