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Evaluation of the Washington State Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Project

Cost Outcomes for Medicaid Patients Screened in Hospital Emergency Departments

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ID9099807
AuthorsSharon Estee (United States Department of State, corresponding author), Thomas M Wickizer (The Ohio State University), Thomas Wickizer, Lijian He (Washington Department of Social and Health Services, corresponding author), Melissa Ford Shah (United States Department of State, corresponding author), David Mancuso (Washington Department of Social and Health Services, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume48
Issue1
Pages18-24
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/mlr.0b013e3181bd498f
PMID19927016
OpenAlexW2012111243
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited35

BACKGROUND: Substance abuse is a major determinant of morbidity, mortality, and health care resource consumption. We evaluated a screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) program, implemented in 9 hospital emergency departments (ED) in Washington State. METHODS: Working-age, disabled Medicaid patients who were screened and received a brief intervention (BI) from April 12, 2004 through September 30, 2006 were included in the study's intervention group (N = 1557). The comparison group (N = 1557), constructed using (one-to-one) propensity score matching, consisted of Medicaid patients who received care in one of the counties in which an intervention hospital ED was located but who did not receive a BI. We estimated difference-in-difference (DiD) regression models to assess the effects of the SBIRT program for different patient groups. RESULTS: The SBIRT program was associated with an estimated reduction in Medicaid costs per member per month of $366 (P = 0.05) for all patients, including patients who received a referral for chemical dependency (CD) treatment. For patients who received a BI only and had no CD treatment in the year before or the year after the ED visit, the estimated reduction in Medicaid per member per month costs was $542 (P = 0.06). The SBIRT program was also associated with decreased inpatient utilization (P = 0.04). CONCLUSION: SBIRT programs have potential to limit resource consumption among working-age, disabled Medicaid patients. The hospital ED seems especially well suited for SBIRT programs given the large number of injured patients treated in the ED and the fact that many conditions treated are related to substance abuse

Brief intervention · Emergency department · Family medicine · Health care · Intervention (counseling) · Medicaid · Propensity score matching · Referral · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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