Publications by authors named "J W Luckey"
Background: Alcohol use disorder, unemployment, and risk of homelessness are linked and often co-occurring, but most interventions do not address both alcohol use disorder and unemployment. The Abstinence-Contingent Wage Supplement (ACWS) model of the Therapeutic Workplace offers participants stipends or wage supplements contingent on both their abstaining from alcohol and engaging with an employment specialist or working in a community job. Wearable biosensors continuously tracked alcohol use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCost and cost-effectiveness of abstinence contingent wage supplements.
Drug Alcohol Depend
March 2023
Article Synopsis
- - The Abstinence-Contingent Wage Supplement (ACWS) trial combined workplace therapies with financial incentives for sobriety, successfully increasing participants' employment rates and abstinence from drugs.
- - The study analyzed the costs of the ACWS intervention, finding it cost $11,310 per participant over a year, which is part of higher overall costs compared to usual care, totaling $30,686 for ACWS.
- - Results suggest that ACWS is cost-effective, with incremental costs of $1,437 for negative drug tests and $915 for each additional employed participant, making it a viable option for addressing substance use disorders and unemployment when budgets allow.
During the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a substantial decrease in pediatric emergency department (PED) visitation. The intent of this study is to report PED utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in an urban pediatric referral center located close to the epicenter in the northeastern US.A retrospective analysis of medical records of patients visiting the PED at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) was performed.
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