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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Monday, June 15, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

Targeted Coronavirus Testing Is Essential For Health Equity

By Ryan Huerto, Susan Goold, and Duane Newton

Minoritized and low-income populations are at greater risk of COVID-19
infection and mortality. Prioritizing testing in these and other
marginalized communities could enable those at higher risk for severe
illness and, typically, worse access to care, to be more safely
monitored and promptly treated.Read More >>

CONSIDERING HEALTH SPENDING

VA And ICER At Three Years: Critics' Concerns Answered

By Peter A. Glassman, Steven D. Pearson, Jennifer Zacher, David Rind,
and Michael A. Valentino

In June 2017 the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) entered a
relationship with the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review in
order to enhance the VA's internal evidence review processes. Given the
initial concerns that were raised when this collaboration was first
announced, we provide an update on the successes and challenges of this
partnership. Read More >>

This post appears in the series Considering Health Spending.

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IN THE JOURNAL

OPIOID USE DISORDER

Buprenorphine Treatment By Primary Care Providers, Psychiatrists,
Addiction Specialists, And Others

By Mark Olfson, Victoria Zhang, Michael Schoenbaum, and Marissa King

Using a national prescription database that covered 72-92 percent of
the US population during 2010-18, Mark Olfson and coauthors analyzed
trends in buprenorphine treatment by prescriber specialty. Read More >>

Treatment Of Opioid Use Disorder Among Commercially Insured US Adults,
2008-17

By Karen Shen, Eric Barrette, and Leemore S. Dafny

There is abundant literature on efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions
and misuse, but comparatively little on the treatment provided to people
with opioid use disorder (OUD). Using claims data representing 12-15
million nonelderly adults covered through commercial group insurance
during the period 2008-17, Karen Shen and coauthors explored rates of
OUD diagnoses, treatment patterns, and spending. Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Mental Health Care

Members of racial and ethnic minority groups with mental illness are
rarely included in prioritizing research topics or developing the tools
and measures important for improving their care. In their March 2019
research article, Jonathan Delman and coauthors explore the possibility
that community-based participatory research could help to reduce these
disparities
, noting
that there are challenges in engaging community stakeholders.

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