Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Substance Use Treatment in Medicaid Managed Care in New York City: The Role of Plan and Geography.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim was to assess the magnitude of health care disparities in treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) and the role of health plan membership and place of residence in observed disparities in Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) plans in New York City (NYC).

Data source

Medicaid claims and managed care plan enrollment files for 2015-2017 in NYC.

Research design

We studied Medicaid enrollees with a SUD diagnosis during their first 6 months of enrollment in a managed care plan in 2015-2017. A series of linear regression models quantified service disparities across race/ethnicity for 5 outcome indicators: treatment engagement, receipt of psychosocial treatment, follow-up after withdrawal, rapid readmission, and treatment continuation. We assessed the degree to whi

SUBMITTER: Alegria M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9588705 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature