Disparities in neonatal abstinence syndrome and health insurance status: A statewide study using non-claims real-time surveillance data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most studies examining the relationship between neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and health insurance status in the United States (USA) have used administrative insurance claims data, which is subject to myriad limitations. We examined the association between NAS and health insurance status in a large geographically defined rural population in the United States, using non-claims data.

Methods

We utilized data from a population-based cohort of all newborns born in 2017-2019 in the rural state of West Virginia (WV) and restricted analyses to WV residents' births (n = 46 213). NAS was defined as neonatal withdrawal from many substances, including opiates and not limited to those cases that require pharmacological treatment.

Results

Medicaid covered more than

SUBMITTER: Umer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8386694 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature