Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Childhood Mental Health Conditions, 2009-2015: Commercial Versus Medicaid Populations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to examine mental health conditions of children diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in a commercially insured population and compare them with a multistate Medicaid-insured population identified in prior research.

Methods

Data from the IBM MarketScan Commercial Database from January 1, 2009, to September 30, 2015, were used to identify mental health conditions among children ages 1-5 both with and without NAS. Frequency analyses were conducted to ascertain intrapopulation differences and differences between the commercially insured and Medicaid populations.

Results

The NAS rate in the Medicaid population was 28.7 times higher than in the commercially insured population. Although the sample of children with NAS was small, and th

SUBMITTER: Conner KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8059099 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature