Margaret E Burns
Biographic Data
| ID | 164540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret E Burns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret E |
| FAMILY NAME | Burns |
| SIGNATURE | BURNS M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0625-2861 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hospitalizations of Incarcerated Patients
There are significant racial and ethnic disparities in the incarcerated population in the USA, with individuals from racial and ethnic minoritized groups more likely to be incarcerated. There are also disparities in the health and health care received by different racial and ethnic groups in the USA. The information on the health care received by incarcerated individuals is lacking, including particularly limited data on hospitalization rates. Th…
Changes in legal referrals to specialty substance use disorder treatment from 2015–2019
Jama Health Forum Peer Reviewers in 2023
Trends in Use of Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 10 State Medicaid Programs
In this cross-sectional study of Medicaid enrollees, the likelihood of receipt of any MOUD was stable from May 2019 through December 2020 despite concerns about potential COVID-19 pandemic-related disruptions in care. However, immediately after the PHE was declared, there was a reduction in overall MOUD initiations, including a reduction in in-person MOUD initiations that was only partially offset by increased use of telehealth
Jama Health Forum Peer Reviewers in 2022
Trends in Engagement With Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Among Medicaid Beneficiaries During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In a sample of continuously enrolled adult Medicaid beneficiaries, the COVID-19 public health emergency was not associated with decreased probability of buprenorphine possession, but was associated with decreased probability of urine drug testing and opioid treatment program services. These findings suggest patients in office-based settings retained access to buprenorphine despite decreased on-site services like urine drug tests, whereas patients…
Effects of Medicaid Expansions 2001–2015 on Supplemental Security Income Program Participation Among Childless Adults
Growing research indicates that Medicaid expansions reduce Supplemental Security Income (SSI) participation, although the magnitude of effects may vary with the presence of other health policy reforms. We examine how a series of Medicaid expansions for childless adults before and after implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) impact SSI participation among childless adults. We use the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey…
Design, Implementation, and Evolution of the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN)
BACKGROUND: In the US, Medicaid covers over 80 million Americans. Comparing access, quality, and costs across Medicaid programs can provide policymakers with much-needed information. As each Medicaid agency collects its member data, multiple barriers prevent sharing Medicaid data between states. To address this gap, the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN) developed a research network of states to conduct rapid multi-state analy…
Provision of Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Before and After Wisconsin Medicaid's Payment Change
Health Care Utilization After Paraprofessional-administered Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
BACKGROUND: Authorities recommend universal substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for all (ie, universal) adult primary care patients. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine long-term (24-mo) changes in health care utilization and costs associated with receipt of universal substance use SBIRT implemented by paraprofessionals in primary care settings. RESEARCH DESIGN: This study used a differ…
The Effects of the Transition From Medicaid to Medicare on Health Care Use for Adults With Mental Illness
BACKGROUND: The transition from Medicaid-only to dual Medicare/Medicaid coverage has the potential to reduce financial barriers to health care for patients with serious mental illness through increased coverage or expanded access to clinicians as their reimbursement increases. AIMS: To estimate the effect of dual coverage after Medicaid enrollment during the required waiting period among adults with serious mental illness on health care use, over…
Why are Low-Income Teens More Likely to Lack Health Insurance Than Their Younger Peers
Low-income teenagers are more likely to lack health insurance than younger children. Using data from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 rounds of the National Health Interview Survey, we examine whether differences between teens and younger children in socioeconomic factors, public health insurance eligibility, and observable family characteristics explain this apparent age-related coverage gap. Somewhat surprisingly, they do not. We find a highly robust a…
Medicaid Managed Care and Cost Containment in the Adult Disabled Population
BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing enrollment of adult disabled beneficiaries into Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), there is little evidence of its (hoped for) effectiveness at reducing Medicaid expenditures. OBJECTIVE: : To evaluate the impact of Medicaid MCOs on health care expenditures for adults with disabilities. RESEARCH DESIGN: I employ a repeated observations design comparing individual monthly Medicaid expenditures across bene…
Insurance Coverage of Smoking Cessation Treatment for State Employees
Public health experts recommend that health insurance include coverage for smoking cessation treatment as an evidence-based strategy to reduce smoking. As employers, states can implement this policy for more than 5 million individuals nationwide. This study identified the extent to which states require smoking cessation treatment insurance coverage for their employees; of 45 states, 29 required coverage for at least 1 US Public Health Service (PH…
Incised Bamboo from New Caledonia
The intricate artwork that adorns bamboo artefacts from New Caledonia is made up of a restricted range of basic elements. By combining and recombining these elementary shapes—chevrons, triangles, pentagons—the artists have produced narratives of a potentially high documentary quality. Before these narratives can be incorporated into the history of the country, however, it is necessary that the polysemic richness of the visual motifs and their tra…
Of Tongues and Temporalities Notes Towards an Understanding of the Recent Chinese Past in French Polynesia
This article concentrates on French Polynesia as an example of how some of the richness of contemporary Chinese realities in a cluster of islands in the centre of the Pacific basin challenge older discourses inherited from the European colonial past. The name 'French Polynesia' itself carries the mark of that erstwhile colonial relationship. Just as Polynesia is now being absorbed once again into the Asia-Pacific region, France is being assimilat…
Insurance Coverage of Smoking Cessation Treatment for State Employees
Public health experts recommend that health insurance include coverage for smoking cessation treatment as an evidence-based strategy to reduce smoking. As employers, states can implement this policy for more than 5 million individuals nationwide. This study identified the extent to which states require smoking cessation treatment insurance coverage for their employees; of 45 states, 29 required coverage for at least 1 US Public Health Service (PH…
Of Tongues and Temporalities Notes Towards an Understanding of the Recent Chinese Past in French Polynesia
This article concentrates on French Polynesia as an example of how some of the richness of contemporary Chinese realities in a cluster of islands in the centre of the Pacific basin challenge older discourses inherited from the European colonial past. The name 'French Polynesia' itself carries the mark of that erstwhile colonial relationship. Just as Polynesia is now being absorbed once again into the Asia-Pacific region, France is being assimilat…
Incised Bamboo from New Caledonia
The intricate artwork that adorns bamboo artefacts from New Caledonia is made up of a restricted range of basic elements. By combining and recombining these elementary shapes—chevrons, triangles, pentagons—the artists have produced narratives of a potentially high documentary quality. Before these narratives can be incorporated into the history of the country, however, it is necessary that the polysemic richness of the visual motifs and their tra…
Insurance Coverage of Smoking Cessation Treatment for State Employees
Public health experts recommend that health insurance include coverage for smoking cessation treatment as an evidence-based strategy to reduce smoking. As employers, states can implement this policy for more than 5 million individuals nationwide. This study identified the extent to which states require smoking cessation treatment insurance coverage for their employees; of 45 states, 29 required coverage for at least 1 US Public Health Service (PH…
Medicaid Managed Care and Cost Containment in the Adult Disabled Population
BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing enrollment of adult disabled beneficiaries into Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), there is little evidence of its (hoped for) effectiveness at reducing Medicaid expenditures. OBJECTIVE: : To evaluate the impact of Medicaid MCOs on health care expenditures for adults with disabilities. RESEARCH DESIGN: I employ a repeated observations design comparing individual monthly Medicaid expenditures across bene…
Why are Low-Income Teens More Likely to Lack Health Insurance Than Their Younger Peers
Low-income teenagers are more likely to lack health insurance than younger children. Using data from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 rounds of the National Health Interview Survey, we examine whether differences between teens and younger children in socioeconomic factors, public health insurance eligibility, and observable family characteristics explain this apparent age-related coverage gap. Somewhat surprisingly, they do not. We find a highly robust a…
The Effects of the Transition From Medicaid to Medicare on Health Care Use for Adults With Mental Illness
BACKGROUND: The transition from Medicaid-only to dual Medicare/Medicaid coverage has the potential to reduce financial barriers to health care for patients with serious mental illness through increased coverage or expanded access to clinicians as their reimbursement increases. AIMS: To estimate the effect of dual coverage after Medicaid enrollment during the required waiting period among adults with serious mental illness on health care use, over…
Health Care Utilization After Paraprofessional-administered Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
BACKGROUND: Authorities recommend universal substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for all (ie, universal) adult primary care patients. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine long-term (24-mo) changes in health care utilization and costs associated with receipt of universal substance use SBIRT implemented by paraprofessionals in primary care settings. RESEARCH DESIGN: This study used a differ…
Provision of Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Before and After Wisconsin Medicaid's Payment Change
Trends in Engagement With Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Among Medicaid Beneficiaries During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In a sample of continuously enrolled adult Medicaid beneficiaries, the COVID-19 public health emergency was not associated with decreased probability of buprenorphine possession, but was associated with decreased probability of urine drug testing and opioid treatment program services. These findings suggest patients in office-based settings retained access to buprenorphine despite decreased on-site services like urine drug tests, whereas patients…
Effects of Medicaid Expansions 2001–2015 on Supplemental Security Income Program Participation Among Childless Adults
Growing research indicates that Medicaid expansions reduce Supplemental Security Income (SSI) participation, although the magnitude of effects may vary with the presence of other health policy reforms. We examine how a series of Medicaid expansions for childless adults before and after implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) impact SSI participation among childless adults. We use the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey…
Design, Implementation, and Evolution of the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN)
BACKGROUND: In the US, Medicaid covers over 80 million Americans. Comparing access, quality, and costs across Medicaid programs can provide policymakers with much-needed information. As each Medicaid agency collects its member data, multiple barriers prevent sharing Medicaid data between states. To address this gap, the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN) developed a research network of states to conduct rapid multi-state analy…
Trends in Use of Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 10 State Medicaid Programs
In this cross-sectional study of Medicaid enrollees, the likelihood of receipt of any MOUD was stable from May 2019 through December 2020 despite concerns about potential COVID-19 pandemic-related disruptions in care. However, immediately after the PHE was declared, there was a reduction in overall MOUD initiations, including a reduction in in-person MOUD initiations that was only partially offset by increased use of telehealth
Jama Health Forum Peer Reviewers in 2022
Changes in legal referrals to specialty substance use disorder treatment from 2015–2019
Jama Health Forum Peer Reviewers in 2023
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hospitalizations of Incarcerated Patients
There are significant racial and ethnic disparities in the incarcerated population in the USA, with individuals from racial and ethnic minoritized groups more likely to be incarcerated. There are also disparities in the health and health care received by different racial and ethnic groups in the USA. The information on the health care received by incarcerated individuals is lacking, including particularly limited data on hospitalization rates. Th…
Medicine (13 works) · Health care (10 works) · Medicaid (8 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Family medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Health insurance (4 works)