Associations between the Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer programme and substance use disorder hospitalisations: a quasi-experimental study of the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although low socioeconomic status is a recognised risk factor for substance use disorders (SUDs), the potential of socioeconomic interventions, such as conditional cash transfer programmes, to mitigate this burden remains poorly explored. Our study investigated whether the Brazilian conditional cash transfer, the Bolsa Familia Program (BFP) was associated with reduced SUD hospitalisations (ie, both admission to and treatment within hospital).

Methods

This quasi-experimental study used national administrative hospitalisation and BFP payroll records linked to the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort baseline from 2008 to 2015. We used Poisson regression models with inverse probability of treatment weighting, using the propensity score, to evaluate the association of the BFP

SUBMITTER: Toledo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11916922 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature