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A U-M team, in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, used multiple data sources to identify adults with sickle cell disease who are eligible to receive coverage for care due to a recent expansion of a state health services program.
Research finds that medications for opioid use disorder were rarely prescribed following emergency department visits for opioid overdose among patients with Medicaid. In this IHPI brief, a U-M team outlines considerations for policymakers and health systems to improve treatment initiation rates.
This policy brief highlights interim evaluation results for the Healthy Michigan Plan, Michigan’s Medicaid expansion program.
University of Michigan studies suggest that telehealth has played a major role in maintaining and increasing access to buprenorphine treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, returning jurisdiction over the regulation of abortion to the states. Researchers assessed the driving distance between each Michigan county and the closest abortion clinic if abortion remains legal and in the potential scenario of an abortion...