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New pub: using commercial claims, we show mortality in the adult family members of children rose in winter 2020 and late 2021. Some of these family members were 19-25, suggesting kids lost older siblings during the pandemic. @umchear @um_ihpi Rena Conti link.springer.com/article/10.118…

To focus the attention of the University community on the impact of music, health, and wellness across the lifespan, we encourage you to attend the 17th Annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy! Keynote: Anthony White, Artistic Director Detroit Youth Choir

A new The Washington Post story features insights from several of our members including linking to a study led by Kao-Ping Chua and quoting UM V-BID Center director Dr Mark Fendrick: wapo.st/4hW2xGI

To focus the attention of the U-M community on the impact of music, health, and wellness across the lifespan, we encourage you to attend the 17th Annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy! Registration is free, but required. Register today! bit.ly/MeisterLecture…

🚨New publication!🚨Thrilled to share our new study in Health Affairs: “Association Between #Telehealth Initiation of #Stimulant Therapy and New Substance Use Disorder Diagnoses”. #SUD #HealthPolicy #MentalHealth U-M IHPI CHEAR Full paper 🔗: healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

Today, I became the new Director of the Susan B Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center at the University of Michigan (chear.org). I am lucky to have the opportunity to give back to the center that has meant so much for my career. CHEAR U-M IHPI

.Kao-Ping Chua We are so excited to have you as our fearless leader of CHEAR! Michigan Medicine U-M IHPI

Our newest piece on #drugshortages Kao-Ping Chua Marta Wosinska Questrom School of Business, Boston University

New JAMA: withdrawal of brand-name Flovent, an inhaled steroid used to prevent asthma attacks, led many families of children using Flovent to stop filling inhaled steroid prescriptions altogether. U-M IHPI CHEAR Rena Conti Anna Volerman, MD jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

🚨New publication! 🔔 Check out our new study in JAMA Network Open! #Medicaid unwinding was linked to disruptions in #buprenorphine, an effective medication for #opioid use disorder. #HealthPolicy #OUD #HealthServicesResearch #Insurance Full paper 🔗: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

New pub: using national data, we show that disruptions in chronic medication therapy were more common among Medicaid-insured kids and young adults living in states experiencing large Medicaid enrollment losses during Medicaid unwinding. CHEAR U-M IHPI publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…

New pub Health Affairs: only 1 in 16 ED visits for overdose resulted in new prescriptions for opioid addiction meds. Initiation rates differ by race and ethnicity among Medicaid patients. Kao-Ping Chua Pooja Lagisetty Amy Bohnert Keith Kocher NIDAnews healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

New AAP Journals: using national data, we show that the Adderall shortage caused some children using this drug to switch to other stimulants. Other children stopped using stimulants altogether, especially Medicaid patients. U-M IHPI CHEAR Rena Conti publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…

More young adults than ever take HIV-prevention medication, but gaps remain. Nina Hill Kao-Ping Chua michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/mor…

New pub JAMA Health Forum: we estimated the association between cost-sharing and buprenorphine dispensing by exploiting the abrupt increase in cost-sharing at the beginning of the calendar year, when deductibles reset in private and Medicare plans Kao-Ping Chua Rena Conti

A $10 increase in buprenorphine cost-sharing was estimated to have no effect on prescription abandonment for commercially insured patients and a slight increase for #Medicare-insured patients. ja.ma/3ItG4Es Rena Conti @poojalagisetty Kao-Ping Chua