Health Service Utilization Patterns Among Medicaid Enrollees With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Pandemic Response and Recovery Efforts.

Objectives: To assess the impact of COVID-19 on health service utilization of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) through an analysis of Medicaid claims data.

Design: Retrospective cohort study of Medicaid claims.

Setting And Participants: Medicaid members aged 25 to 64 years from January 1, 2018, to March 31, 2021, from the states of Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming.

Prevalence and Correlates of Suspected and Diagnosed Traumatic Brain Injuries among US School-Aged Children.

Objective: To (1) estimate the lifetime prevalence of suspected and diagnosed traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on parent report overall and select sociodemographic characteristics; and (2) describe differences in prevalence of health conditions and health-related risk factors by whether a child had a lifetime history of diagnosed TBI.

Study Design: We analyzed data from the 2020 National Survey of Children's Health, a cross-sectional address-based survey of US households. A categorical variable was created on the basis of parent responses to 3 questions inquiring about their suspicion of their child having a brain injury, if they sought medical care, and if the health care provider provided a diagnosis.

Best Practices and Lessons Learned From the Public Health Disability Specialists Program: Addressing the Needs of People With Disabilities During COVID-19.

Context: The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) applied funding issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement the Public Health Disability Specialists Program, part of a project to address the needs of people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Disability specialists (subject matter experts) were embedded within state, territorial, and city/county health departments to help ensure disability inclusion in emergency planning, mitigation, and recovery efforts.

Objective: To evaluate the success of the Disability Specialists Program in improving emergency response planning, mitigation, and recovery efforts for people with disabilities within participating jurisdictions.