Effect of the Uniform Accident and Sickness Policy Provision Law on Alcohol Screening and Intervention in Trauma Centers

Outlines how a law allowing insurers to deny payment for injury claims if alcohol or drug use was involved prevents alcohol screening and interventions to reduce alcohol use, repeat injuries, and healthcare costs. Notes surgeons' and legislators' views

What Does America Think About Addiction Prevention and Treatment?

Summarizes survey results on how Americans view alcohol and drug addiction, including whether it is a personal weakness or an illness; their experiences with addiction; common treatments; and support for state tax increases to improve treatment programs

Hazardous Drinkers and Drug Users in HMO Primary Care: Prevalence, Medical Conditions and Costs

Summarizes a study of the links between frequent heavy drinking and drug use and medical conditions, the frequency of hazardous drinkers' and drug users' primary care and psychiatry visits, and the resulting costs of their health care

Assessing State Regulations of Outpatient Substance-Abuse Treatment Programs in the United States Along a Quality Continuum

Highlights findings on the variation among the treatment requirements and the quality and performance measurement indicators included in state policies governing substance abuse treatment services

Effect of State Coalitions to Reduce Underage Drinking: A National Evaluation

Summarizes an evaluation of how the RWJF-funded Reducing Underage Drinking Through Coalitions Project to reduce youth drinking changed media coverage of alcohol-related issues, state policy, youth drinking behaviors, and alcohol-related driving behaviors

Service Delivery in Substance Abuse Treatment: Reexamining "Comprehensive" Care

Outlines findings on organizational characteristics linked with comprehensive services -- core diagnosis and treatment and wraparound services, including transportation and childcare assistance or legal, financial, employment, or medical resources

Associations Between Access to Food Stores and Adolescent Body Mass Index

Summarizes a study of the link between the availability of supermarkets and other types of food stores and adolescents' body mass index and overweight prevalence in a neighborhood. Compares associations by race/ethnicity and mother's employment status

The Adoption of Medications in Substance Abuse Treatment: Associations With Organizational Characteristics

Highlights findings from a study of the use of phamacotherapies to treat substance abuse and the factors that affect their adoption by treatment organizations. Analyzes patterns by type of medication, type of organization, and accreditation

Multiple Factors Affect Job Satisfaction of Hospital RNs

Highlights findings from an analysis of variables associated with job satisfaction levels of registered nurses working in hospitals, including health status, race/ethnicity, career orientation, working conditions, workload, and benefits

Reducing Nursing Home Use Through Consumer-Directed Personal Care Services

Highlights findings on how the Cash and Counseling program, which allows Medicaid enrollees with personal care services to hire their own care workers, affected nursing facility use and expenditures as well as personal care and Medicaid costs in Arkansas