Understanding the complexity of decision-making for mothers of young children with ambulatory cerebral palsy: A qualitative phenomenological study.

Aim: To investigate non-clinical factors that affect health-related decision-making in mothers with young ambulatory children living with cerebral palsy (CP).

Method: Guided by phenomenology, we asked parents to describe early experiences of raising a young ambulatory child living with CP. Conversations were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded, and analysed using a qualitative inductive approach.

A proposed method for identifying Interfacility transfers in Medicare claims data.

Objective: To develop a method of consistently identifying interfacility transfers (IFTs) in Medicare Claims using patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) as an example.

Data Sources/study Setting: 100% Medicare inpatient and outpatient Standard Analytic Files and 5% Carrier Files, 2011-2020.

Study Design: Observational, cross-sectional comparison of patient characteristics between proposed and existing methods.

Cross sectional analysis of an addiction consultation service, substance co-use patterns, and receipt of medications for opioid use disorder during hospitalization.

Introduction: Despite effective medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), treatment engagement remains low. As the overdose crisis is increasingly characterized by opioids co-used with other substances, it is important to understand whether existing models effectively support treatment for patients who use multiple substances. Hospital-based addiction consultation services (ACS) have shown promise at increasing MOUD initiation and treatment engagement, but the effectiveness for patients with specific co-use patterns remains unknown.

Characteristics and co-morbidities associated with hospital discharges for opioid and methamphetamine co-use, United States 2016-2019.

Introduction: The US overdose crisis is increasingly characterized by opioid and methamphetamine co-use. Hospitalization is an important opportunity to engage patients in substance use treatment. Understanding characteristics of co-use-related hospital stays can inform the development of services to better support this growing patient population.