Research

There is little information on consumption patterns across the diverse range of cannabis product types. This paper examines trends in consumption patterns in Canada and the United States (US) between 2018-2020.

Using California State Department of Social Services residential care and census place data, this study compares the pre and post effect of the ordinance on the number of large residential care facilities developed in Los Angeles with a comparison group using synthetic control analysis.

Developing a blueprint to overcome challenges in implementing new payment models will ensure better access.

Schaeffer experts examined the association between the concurrent use of prescription medications with known risk of a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) (“MACE medications”) and the risk of such events among older adults.

A new study by experts at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and Kaiser Permanente finds Naloxone prescriptions increased while opioid prescriptions decreased.

Examining the frequency and content of messages related to pharmacological and evidence-based, non-pharmaceutical treatments in direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for prescription drugs treating four chronic diseases in the United States.

This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of fibrosis-based direct-acting antiviral treatment policies for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus at the Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States health system.

Using administrative data from Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) on county-level quarterly ED visits between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2018, Schaeffer experts applied a difference-in-difference analysis to examine how new exposure to recreational cannabis dispensaries after 2014 differentially influenced the rate of ED visits for psychosis and schizophrenia, comparing counties with no prior medical cannabis dispensary exposure to counties with low or high medical dispensary exposure.

It is widely recognized that survey satisficing, inattentive, or careless responding in questionnaires reduces the quality of self-report data.

America is facing a behavioral health crisis, both in terms of increasing prevalence rates and high behavioral healthcare needs.