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| Robin E ClarkSummaryAffiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School Country: USA Publications
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Design and methods for a randomized clinical trial comparing three outreach efforts to improve screening mammography adherenceMary E Costanza
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 11:145. 2011..This 5-year study is conducted though a Central Massachusetts healthcare plan and affiliated clinic. All women have adequate health insurance to cover the test...
Impact of substance disorders on medical expenditures for medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral health disordersRobin E Clark
Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 333 South St, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:35-42. 2009..This study measured the impact of substance use disorders on Medicaid expenditures for behavioral and physical health care among beneficiaries with behavioral health disorders...
Treatment for co-occurring mental and substance use disorders in five state Medicaid programsRobin E Clark
Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 222 Maple Ave, Chang Building, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:942-8. 2007..This study described the locations and patterns of psychiatric and substance abuse treatment for Medicaid beneficiaries with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders in five states...- The evidence doesn't justify steps by state Medicaid programs to restrict opioid addiction treatment with buprenorphineRobin E Clark
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:1425-33. 2011..The evidence does not support rationing buprenorphine to save money or ensure safety... - Psychosocial treatment in the 21st centuryRobin E Clark
Commonwealth Medicine Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 222 Maple Avenue, Chang Building, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
Int J Law Psychiatry 28:532-44. 2005.... - Benzodiazepine prescription practices and substance abuse in persons with severe mental illnessRobin E Clark
Department of Community and Family Medicine, New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center at Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 65:151-5. 2004..The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of benzodiazepine use among persons with psychiatric disorders and to evaluate compliance with published prescribing guidelines... - Beyond health plans: behavioral health disorders and quality of diabetes and asthma care for Medicaid beneficiariesRobin E Clark
Center for Health Policy and Research, Commonwealth Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 333 South Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
Med Care 47:545-52. 2009..We analyzed individual-level HEDIS measures for diabetes and asthma from 5 Medicaid managed care plans to understand how these factors contribute to quality... - Chronic physical conditions in older adults with mental illness and/ or substance use disordersWen Chieh Lin
Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:1913-21. 2011.... - Behavioral disorders and diabetes-related outcomes among Massachusetts Medicare and Medicaid beneficiariesGary Leung
Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 333 South St, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:659-65. 2011..The study investigated whether Massachusetts beneficiaries of Medicare, Medicaid, or both programs who have behavioral disorders have higher rates of diabetes-related complications and hospitalizations... - Twelve-month diagnosed prevalence of behavioral health disorders among elderly medicare and medicaid membersWen Chieh Lin
Center for Health Policy and Research, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, 01545, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:970-9. 2011.... - The quality of asthma care among adults with substance-related disorders and adults with mental illnessJeffrey D Baxter
Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 333 South St, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:43-9. 2009..The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the presence of substance-related disorders or mental illness may affect the quality of medication management in asthma care... - Behavioral health disorders and adherence to measures of diabetes care qualityGary Y Leung
Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 333 South Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
Am J Manag Care 17:144-50. 2011..To investigate whether Medicare and/or Medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral health disorders (BHDs) receive lower quality diabetes care... - Predictors of prenatal and postpartum care adequacy in a medicaid managed care populationSharada Weir
Center for Health Policy and Research, Commonwealth Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA
Womens Health Issues 21:277-85. 2011..To examine factors affecting prenatal and postpartum care for an insured, but vulnerable, population... - Factors associated with Medicaid patients' access to buprenorphine treatmentJeffrey D Baxter
Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 333 South St, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 41:88-96. 2011..This information is important for understanding the impact of this new treatment in Medicaid populations and for developing treatment systems to best meet patients' needs... - Racial/ethnic disparities in mental health treatment in six Medicaid programsMihail Samnaliev
Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 20:165-76. 2009..The implications of these findings and possible initiatives to enhance community-based mental health care among African American and Hispanic Medicaid beneficiaries are discussed... - Case selection for a Medicaid chronic care management programSharada Weir
Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 30:61-74. 2008..We find that the ACG-PM model performs best. However, for predicting the very highest-cost members (e.g, the 99th percentile), the DCG model is preferred... - Recent trends in antipsychotic combination therapy of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: implications for state mental health policyRobin E Clark
Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755 3862, USA
Schizophr Bull 28:75-84. 2002..7% to 30.0%). The increase in multiple agent therapy appears to be broad-based. Data are needed on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of these practices to inform clinical decision making and health policy... - Comparative evaluation of two asthma care quality measures among Medicaid beneficiariesMihail Samnaliev
Center for Health Policy and Research, University of Massachusetts, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
Chest 135:1193-6. 2009..The relative performance of asthma care quality measures has not been evaluated in Medicaid populations... - Family intervention for co-occurring substance use and severe psychiatric disorders: participant characteristics and correlates of initial engagement and more extended exposure in a randomized controlled trialKim T Mueser
Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
Addict Behav 34:867-77. 2009.... - Patterns of health care utilization for asthma treatment in adults with substance use disordersJeffrey D Baxter
From the Center for Health Policy and Research JDB, MS, REC, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA and the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health JDB, REC, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
J Addict Med 2:79-84. 2008..Few studies have examined the impact of substance use disorders on asthma treatment. The objective of this study was to describe correlations between substance use disorders and patterns of healthcare utilization for asthma care... - Co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders: a multistate feasibility study of the quadrant modelMark P McGovern
Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, 2 Whipple Pl, Suite 202, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:949-54. 2007.... - Progress in research on dual disordersRobin E Clark
Br J Psychiatry 183:377-8. 2003 - Medicare and medicaid costs for schizophrenia patients by age cohort compared with costs for depression, dementia, and medically ill patientsStephen J Bartels
Departments of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 11:648-57. 2003.... - Cost-effectiveness of strategies that are intended to prevent kernicterus in newborn infantsGautham K Suresh
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina Children s Hospital, Room 664, Neonatal Division, 165 Ashley Ave, PO Box 250917, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Pediatrics 114:917-24. 2004.... - The Medical Home Index: development and validation of a new practice-level measure of implementation of the Medical Home modelW Carl Cooley
Center for Medical Home Improvement, Lebanon, NH
Ambul Pediatr 3:173-80. 2003..The Medical Home is a clinical practice concept that sets new standards for pediatric primary care. This study describes the development and validation of a tool to measure the Medical Home... - Prescribing patterns for patients with posttraumatic stress disorderThomas A Mellman
Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, On Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:1618-21. 2003..The objective of this study was to comprehensively evaluate prescribing patterns for persons with a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a community-based nonveteran sample in which women were well represented... - Estimated payments to employment service providers for persons with mental illness in the Ticket to Work programJudith A Cook
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 104 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 900, Chicago, Illinois 60615, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:465-71. 2006..This study calculated the amount of payments that would have been made to employment service providers if study participants had been enrolled in the Ticket program... - The Hartford study of supported employment for persons with severe mental illnessKim T Mueser
New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Concord 03301, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 72:479-90. 2004..34.8% vs. 53.6%, respectively). There were few differences in nonvocational outcomes between programs. IPS is a more effective model than PSR or standard brokered vocational services for improving employment outcomes in clients with SMI...
Research Grants
- Cost, Benefit & Regulation of Buprenorphine Treatment for Medicaid BeneficiariesRobin E Clark; Fiscal Year: 2010..New knowledge gained from the study will be useful for developing more cost-effective policies and practices for managing opioid substitution treatment. ..