Differences in Buprenorphine Treatment Quality Across Physician Provider Specialties
Our findings highlight the need for models that can better integrate physical and behavioral health services for opioid use disorder treatment.
Rachel K. Landis is a policy researcher at RAND. Her research interests include substance use and dependence, mental health, maternal and child health, women’s health, and health and well-being of military servicemembers and veterans and their families. Her current research focuses on opioid use disorder treatment and perinatal behavioral health in the Medicaid population. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIMH and NIDA) and PCORI, among others.
She received her Ph.D. in public policy and public administration with a concentration in health policy from the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, her M.P.P. from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her B.A. in mathematical economics from the University of Kentucky.
Education
Ph.D. in public policy & public administration, George Washington University; M.P.P. in health policy, Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in mathematical economics, University of Kentucky
Selected Work
- Landis RK, Stein BD, Dick AW, Griffin BA, Saloner BK, Terplan M, Faherty LJ, "Trends and Disparities in Perinatal Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Medicaid, 2007-2012," Medical Care Research and Review, 2023
- Landis RK, Stein BD, Griffin BA, Saloner BK, Terplan M, Faherty LJ, "Disparities in Perinatal and Emergency Care Receipt Among Women with Perinatal Opioid Use Disorder in Medicaid, 2007 to 2012," Journal of Addiction Medicine, 17(6), 2023
- Landis RK, Opper I, Saloner B, Gordon AJ, Leslie DL, Sorbero M, Stein BD, "Buprenorphine Treatment Episode Duration, Dosage and Concurrent Prescribing of Benzodiazepines and Opioid Analgesics: The Effects of Medicaid Prior Authorization Policies," Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2022
- Landis RK, Fischer SH, Acosta J, Faherty LJ, "Trends in 2-1-1 Calls During Public Health Emergencies, Overall and by Gender: Hurricane Irma and COVID-19 in Broward County, Florida," Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2023
- Harris SJ, Landis RK, Li W, Stein BD, Saloner B, "Utilization of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among West Virginia Medicaid Enrollees Following Medicaid Coverage of Methadone," Substance Use and Addiction Journal, 45(1), 2024
- Landis RK, Levin JS, Saloner B, Gordon AJ, Dick AW, Sherry TB, Leslie DL, Sorbero M, Stein BD, "Sociodemographic Differences in Quality of Treatment to Medicaid Enrollees Receiving Buprenorphine," Substance Abuse, 43(1), 2022
- Stein BD, Landis RK, Sheng F, Saloner B, Gordon AJ, Sorbero M, Dick AW, "Buprenorphine Treatment Episodes During the First Year of COVID: A Retrospective Examination of Treatment Initiation and Retention," Journal of General Internal Medicine, 38(3), 2023
Authored by Rachel K. Landis
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