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Title: Using Difference-in-Difference to Assess the Impact of Medicaid Policy on the Addiction Treatment Provider Workforce and Prescribing Behavior in Virginia

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2022

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Abstract: This dissertation is unified by both policy opportunity and estimation method, examining the impact of Medicaid behavioral health policy in Virginia using a difference-in-differences framework. Medicaid-covered substance use disorder (SUD) treatment benefits in Virginia were significantly enhanced through a Section 1115 SUD waiver, which are required to be budget neutral. Therefore, it is critical to understand whether the objectives of the waiver are met using reliable, unbiased estimation methods. This dissertation includes two empirical research projects evaluating the impact of Medicaid policy on removing barriers in access to care and one methodological project comparing the performance of alternate approaches to difference-indifference estimation with health policies implemented at different points in time.

Url: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8195&context=etd

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Authors: Britton, Erin

Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University

Department: School of Medicine

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Publisher Location: Richmond, VA

Pages: 122

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health

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