State Cannabis Legalization and Psychosis-Related Health Care Utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Psychosis is a hypothesized consequence of cannabis use. Legalization of cannabis could therefore be associated with an increase in rates of health care utilization for psychosis.

Objective

To evaluate the association of state medical and recreational cannabis laws and commercialization with rates of psychosis-related health care utilization.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort design using state-level panel fixed effects to model within-state changes in monthly rates of psychosis-related health care claims as a function of state cannabis policy level, adjusting for time-varying state-level characteristics and state, year, and month fixed effects. Commercial and Medicare Advantage claims data for beneficiaries aged 16 years and older in a

SUBMITTER: Elser H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9925044 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature