Identifying and reducing disparities in successful addiction treatment completion: testing the role of Medicaid payment acceptance

Identifying and reducing disparities in successful addiction treatment completion: testing the role of Medicaid payment acceptance

Abstract Background Medicaid has become the largest payer of substance use disorder treatment and may enhance access to quality care and reduce disparities. We tested whether treatment programs’ acceptance of Medicaid payments was associated with reduced disparities between Mexican Americans and non...

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Main Authors: Erick G. Guerrero, Bryan R. Garner, Benjamin Cook, Yinfei Kong, William A. Vega, Lillian Gelberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Subjects:
Disparities
Successful treatment completion
Racial and ethnic groups
Medicaid
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13011-017-0113-6

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