Prenatal Substance Exposure and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: State Estimates from the 2016-2020 Transformed Medical Statistical Information System.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Estimating Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and prenatal substance exposure rates in Medicaid can help target program efforts to improve access to services.

Methods

The data for this study was extracted from the 2016-2020 Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files (TAF) Research Identifiable Files (RIF) and included infants born between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2020 with a either a NAS diagnosis or prenatal substance exposure.

Results

Between 2016 and 2020, the estimated national rate of NAS experienced a 18% decline, while the estimated national rate of prenatal substance exposure experienced a 3.6% increase. At the state level in 2020, the NAS rate ranged from 3.2 per 1000 births (Hawaii) to 68.0 per 1000 birth

SUBMITTER: West KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10204012 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature