By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Insurance Week -- Investigators publish new report on Community Health. According to news reporting out of Washington, District of Columbia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Despite their prevalence, screening for depression and substance use disorder (SUD) is often not routinely practiced in primary care. This study uses a survey of community health centers to identify characteristics associated with depression and SUD screening.”
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from George Washington University, “In 2010, 76.9% of federally qualified health centers routinely screened for depression, and about half of health centers (54.1%) routinely screened for SUDs. Higher Medicaid caseload and region were associated with routine screening for both depression and SUDs. SUD screening was also associated with the percent of total staff comprised of behavioral health specialists, electronic health record (EHR) adoption, urban location, and higher uninsured caseload.”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Implications include the need to build SUD screening capacity, encourage the use of standardized screening tools, and monitor SUD screening capacity in health centers in the future.”
For more information on this research see: Substance Use Disorder Screening Capacity Lags Behind Depression Screening Capacity in Community Health Centers. Journal of Drug Issues , 2018;48(2):152-164. Journal of Drug Issues can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - http://www.sagepub.com/; Journal of Drug Issues - jod.sagepub.com)
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting E. Jones, George Washington University, Dept. of Hlth Policy & Management, Milken Inst Sch Public Hlth, Washington, DC 20052, United States.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042617743255. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-05-06), Data on Community Health Reported by Researchers at George Washington University (Substance Use Disorder Screening Capacity Lags Behind Depression Screening Capacity in Community Health Centers), Health Insurance Week, 3, ISSN: 1552-5392, BUTTER® ID: 015571223
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