@article{ref1,
title="Expedited Medicaid enrollment, service use, and recidivism at 36 months among released prisoners with severe mental illness",
journal="Psychiatric services",
year="2017",
author="Grabert, Brigid K. and Gertner, Alex K. and Domino, Marisa Elena and Cuddeback, Gary S. and Morrissey, Joseph P.",
volume="68",
number="10",
pages="1079-1082",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study examined long-term outcomes (at 36 months) from Washington State's policy of expediting Medicaid enrollment for prison releasees with severe mental illness and compares them with previously reported short-term outcomes (at 12 months). <br><br>METHODS: Linked administrative data on prison releasees (2006-2007) were analyzed by using a quasi-experimental design comparing those referred to expedited Medicaid (N=895) with a control group of those not referred (N=2,189). Aggregate outcomes were analyzed with inverse probability of treatment-weighted logit models. <br><br>RESULTS: Expedited Medicaid had a sustained effect on both increased months of enrollment (p<.01) and increased use of community mental health and general medical services (p<.01) 36 months after prison release. However, expedited Medicaid did not reduce criminal recidivism, consistent with 12-month findings, Conclusions: Outcome results at 12 months were sustained at 36 months-namely, expedited Medicaid for released prisoners with severe mental illness improved enrollment and service use with no effects on criminal recidivism.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1075-2730",
doi="10.1176/appi.ps.201600482",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600482"
}