TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Expedited Medicaid enrollment, service use, and recidivism at 36 months among released prisoners with severe mental illness
JO  - Psychiatric services
A1  - Grabert, Brigid K.
A1  - Gertner, Alex K.
A1  - Domino, Marisa Elena
A1  - Cuddeback, Gary S.
A1  - Morrissey, Joseph P.
SP  - 1079
EP  - 1082
VL  - 68
IS  - 10
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1075-2730
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600482
ID  - ref1
ER  -