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Table 1 Average Medicaid incremental cost differences compared to baseline for four interventions and their combinations (all differences are significant unless shown otherwise)

From: Estimating the impact of neonatal abstinence system interventions on Medicaid: an incremental cost analysis

Intervention

Medicaid Incremental Costs ($)

Percent Difference from Baseline

Opioid Treatment for Mother

NAS Treatment

Total (95% CI)

Baseline

5004

266,644

271,648 (270,756, 272,540)

 

MOT

15,972

234,447

250,419 (249,527, 251,311)

−8%

Patient Navigators

9768

252,321

262,089 (261,197, 262,981)

−4%

Capacity Increase

5963

264,207

270,170 (269,277, 271,062)

−1% (NS)

Peer Recovery Coaches

5232

256,963

262,195 (261,302, 263,086)

−3%

Navigators + Coaches

10,229

233,914

244,143 (243,250, 245,035)

−10%

MOT + Navigators

20,783

221,061

241,844 (240,951, 242,736)

−11%

MOT + Capacity

16,960

230,935

247,895 (247,002, 248,786)

−9%

MOT + Coaches

16,789

204,083

220,872 (219,980, 221,764)

−19%

MOT + Navigators + Coaches

21,789

179,423

201,212 (200,320, 202,104)

−26%

Navigators + Capacity

10,338

251,347

261,685 (260,793, 262,577)

−4%

Coaches + Capacity

6419

251,748

258,167 (257,275, 259,059)

−5%

Capacity + Navigators + Coaches

10,845

230,448

241,293 (240,401, 242,185)

−11%

  1. Abbreviations
  2. CI Confidence interval
  3. MOT Mandatory opioid testing during prenatal care
  4. NS Not significant at the 95% level