Table 1.
Selected substance abuse research published after 1999 that utilized administrative data
| Authors | Pub Year | State of subject origin | System from which subjects were sampled | Sample size | Year(s) of subject enrollment | # of admin data source(s) | Domains covered by admin data | Time period covered by admin data | Other data sources used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Services access and utilization | |||||||||
| Deck & Carlson | 2004 | OR; WA | Public drug treatment and Medicaid systems | 18,966 | 1992–2000 | 2 | Drug treatment; Medicaid | 9 years | ** |
| Deck & Carlson | 2005 | OR; WA | Public drug treatment and Medicaid systems | 8,865 | 1994–1999 | 2 | Drug treatment; Medicaid | 3 years | ** |
| Deck, McFarland, Titus, Laws, & Gabriel | 2000 | OR | Public drug treatment and Medicaid systems | 569,513 | 1994; 1996–1998 | 2 | Drug treatment; Medicaid | 4 years | ** |
| Deck, Wiitala, & Laws | 2006 | OR | Public drug treatment and Medicaid systems | 2,244 | 2002;2003 | 2 | Drug treatment; Medicaid | 1 year | ** |
| Fuller, Rieckmann, McCarty, Ringor-Carty, & Kennard | 2006 | OR | Public drug treatment system | 149 | 2003 | 2 | Drug treatment; Medicaid | 1 year | Self-report data |
| Lundgren, Chassler, Ben-Ami, Purington, & Schilling | 2005 | MA | Public drug treatment system | 507 | 2001–2003 | 2# | Drug treatment; health insurance status | 6.5 years | Self-report data |
| Lundgren, Sullivan, & Amodeo | 2006 | MA | Public drug treatment system | 22,006 | 1997–2001 | 1# | Drug treatment | 5 years | ** |
| Maynard, Cox, Krupski, & Stark | 2000 | WA | Public drug treatment system | 735 | 1994–1997 | 5# | Drug treatment; deaths; hospitalizations; Medicaid; mental health | 4 years | ** |
| Ray, Weisner, & Mertens | 2005 | CA | Health Maintenance Organization | 604 | 1994–1996 | 3# | Drug treatment; healthcare; mental health | 5 years | Self-report data |
| Rosen, McMahon, & Rosenheck | 2007 | 9 States | Social Security Administration | 1,457 | unspec | 1 | Social Security benefits | 1 year | Self-report data |
|
Underrepresented populations | |||||||||
| Claus, Orwin, Kissin, Krupski, Campbell, & Stark | 2007 | WA | Public drug treatment system | 1,570 | 1994–2000 | 1 | Drug treatment | 6 years | ** |
| Evans, Spear, Huang, & Hser | 2006 | CA | Public drug treatment system | 736 | 2000–2002 | 4 | Drug treatment; arrests; DUI; mental health | 1 year | Self-report data |
| Farabee, Hser, Anglin, & Huang | 2004 | CA | Public drug treatment system | 3,748 | 2001 | 2 | Drug treatment; arrests | 2 years | Self-report data |
| Green, Rockhill, & Furrer | 2007 | OR | Child welfare and public drug treatment systems | 1,911 | 1996–1998; 1999–2001 | 2 | Drug treatment; child welfare | 3 years | ** |
| Grella, Hser, & Huang | 2006 | CA | Public drug treatment system | 4,156 | 2000–2002 | 3 | Drug treatment; arrests; child welfare | 6 months | Self-report data |
| Hser, Evans, & Huang | 2005 | CA | Public drug treatment system | 1,073 | 2000–2001 | 2 | Drug treatment; arrests | 1 year | Self-report data |
| Hser, Grella, Evans, & Huang | 2006 | CA | Public drug treatment system | 1,091 | 2001–2002 | 3 | Drug treatment; arrests; mental health | 9 months | Self-report data |
| Hser & Niv | 2006 | CA | Public drug treatment system | 407 | 2000–2002 | 3 | Drug treatment; arrests; mental health | 3 years | Self-report data |
| Niv & Hser | 2006 | CA | Public drug treatment system | 499 | 2000–2001 | 1 | Drug treatment | 9 months | Self-report data |
| Niv & Hser | 2007 | CA | Public drug treatment system | 1,060 | 2000–2001 | 2 | Drug treatment; arrests | 1 year | Self-report data |
| Niv, Wong, & Hser | 2007 | CA | Public drug treatment system | 855 | 2000–2001 | 3 | Drug treatment; arrests; DUI | 1 year | Self-report data |
|
Treatment outcomes | |||||||||
| Luchansky, He, Krupski, & Stark | 2000 | WA | Public drug treatment system | 10,284 | 1995 | 3 | Drug treatment; arrests; employment | 1.1 years | ** |
| Luchansky, Nordlund, Estee, Lund, Krupski, & Stark | 2006 | WA | Public drug treatment system | 8,343 | 1998–2001 | 5 | Drug treatment; arrests; court status including convictions; Medicaid; social and health services | 1.1 years | ** |
| Maynard, Cox, Hall, Krupski, & Stark | 2004 | WA | Mental health system | 2,041 | 1996 | 3 | Mental health (including drug treatment); deaths; Medicaid | 5 years | ** |
| TOPPS II Interstate Cooperative Study Group | 2003 | Balt.; WA; OK | Public drug treatment system | 20,495 | 1997; 1998 | 2 | Drug treatment; employment | 1 year | ** |
|
Cost analysis | |||||||||
| Carey, Finigan, Crumpton, Waller | 2006 | CA | Criminal justice system | unspec. | 1998–1999 | 5 | Drug treatment; arrests; court status; incarcerations; probation supervision | 4 years | ** |
| Ettner, Huang, Evans, Ash, Hardy, Jourabchi, & Hser | 2006 | CA | Public drug treatment system | 2,567; 6,545 | 2000–2001 | 4 | Drug treatment; arrests; healthcare; mental health | 2 years | Self-report data |
| Longshore, Hawken, Urada, & Anglin | 2007 | CA | Criminal justice system | 130,492 | 1997–1998; 2001–2002 | 8 | Drug treatment; arrests; convictions; healthcare; incarceration; parole; probation; taxes | 2.5 years | Self-report data |
| Parthasarathy & Weisner | 2005 | CA | Health Maintenance Organization | 1,204 | 1994–1996 | 2# | Drug treatment; healthcare; mental health; costs | 5 years | Self-report data |
| Polen, Freeborn, Lynch, Mullooly, & Dickinson | 2006 | OR | Health Maintenance Organization | 2,210 | 1998–1999 | 1# | Drug treatment; healthcare; insurance status; Medicaid; mental health; costs | 6 years | Self-report data |
| Wickizer, Krupski, Stark, Mancuso, & Campbell | 2006 | WA | Welfare system | 32,919 | 1999–2000 | 6 | Drug treatment; employment; healthcare; Medicaid; mental health; costs | 4 years | ** |
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= Research used an administrative data source that incorporated data covering several domains.