Kao-Ping Chua

📄 New from Kao-Ping Chua, MD, PhD Results of this study suggest that patients who switch to a HDHP may experience heightened barriers to buprenorphine use. 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @kaopingchua.bsky.social @ihpidirector.bsky.social

📄New from Kao-Ping Chua, MD, PhD US dental opioid dispensing ⬇️27.1% from '21–'24 but was 24× the country with the lowest rate. This comparison suggests there are opportunities to reduce opioid rx by US dentists. 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @ihpidirector.bsky.social @kaopingchua.bsky.social

New pub: 90% of dental opioid Rx in youth are for tooth extraction, even though non-opioids are equally effective for pain. As dentists write 42% of opioid Rx to youth, ~1/3 of youth opioid Rx may be for tooth extraction. @drchadb @umchear.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New pub at JAMA Network Open: opioid prescribing by U.S. dentists is declining but remains high by international standards. In 2024, the U.S. dental opioid dispensing rate was 24x higher than the Netherlands. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @umchear.bsky.social

📄New from @jo-constantin.bsky.social, fellow grad and @kaopingchua.bsky.social North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act slowed the decline in buprenorphine dispensing that occurred during Medicaid unwinding. 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

📄New from @jo-constantin.bsky.social, fellow grad and @kaopingchua.bsky.social For Medicare surgical patients, mandates to check the prescription drug monitoring program database did not reduce opioid prescribing or adverse events. 🔗 academic.oup.com/healthaffair... @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umich.edu

📄New from @ninahillmd.bsky.social and @kaopingchua.bsky.social. From 2019–2023, U.S. children with chronic conditions were consistently more likely to experience food insecurity than peers without such conditions. 🔗 michmed.org/GQ3DW @jamanetworkopen.com @um-ihpi.bsky.social

New pub in Pediatrics: child/teen vaccination declined from 2017-2023 in Michigan. HPV vaccination increased less than expected. Declines were more pronounced in low-income and high-uninsurance counties. @um-ihpi.bsky.social @umchear.bsky.social Link: publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

New work from our members @ninahillmd.bsky.social @kaopingchua.bsky.social

With #HIV prevention medications (called PrEP for short) at the center of a #SCOTUS case that will receive a ruling soon, this new research from @ninahillmd.bsky.social & @kaopingchua.bsky.social is especially timely: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

New @journalgim.bsky.social: using national pharmacy data, we show that PrEP use is increasing among young people aged 18-25, but these patients are using PrEP for shorter periods of time. @kaopingchua.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New study in Pediatrics: 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. @um-ihpi.bsky.social publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

People receiving emergency care for an opioid overdose have only a 1 in 16 chance of getting medication to treat substance use disorder in ER or the month after, according to this new study led by Thuy Nguyen of @umichsph.bsky.social & @kaopingchua.bsky.social: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....

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. @um-ihpi.bsky.social publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

🧵By total coincidence, @kaopingchua.bsky.social & @jo-constantin.bsky.social have not one but TWO papers out today looking at the impacts of #Medicaid unwinding on the prescription-filling patterns of people with serious illness. The findings could have implications for any new changes to Medicaid.

Children and young adults taking drugs for #ADHD, #depression, #epilepsy, #asthma and #psychosis need to take them consistently to stay on track at school and work. But a new study led by @kaopingchua.bsky.social links #Medicaid unwinding to medicine interruptions: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/...

New pub in 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. @um-ihpi.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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. @um-ihpi.bsky.social

New pub: using commercial claims, we show that 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. @norabeckermd.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...