The Effect of Mandatory-Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Foster Care Admissions

This study estimates the effect of mandatory prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on child removals. To identify the effects of the programs on foster care admissions, we exploit the variation across states in the timing of adoption of operational and mandatory PDMPs using an event-study ap...

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Published in:The Journal of human resources 2022-01, Vol.57 (1), p.217-240
Main Authors: Gihleb, Rania, Giuntella, Osea, Zhang, Ning
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caregivers
Children
Children & youth
Foster care
Prescription drugs
Therapeutic drug monitoring
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Summary:This study estimates the effect of mandatory prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on child removals. To identify the effects of the programs on foster care admissions, we exploit the variation across states in the timing of adoption of operational and mandatory PDMPs using an event-study approach, as well as standard difference-in-difference models. We find that operational PDMP did not have any significant effects on foster care admissions. However, the introduction of mandatory provisions reduced child removals by 10 percent. These effects are driven by the reductions in first removals and are strongest among children of young caregivers and white children.
ISSN:0022-166X
1548-8004
DOI:10.3368/jhr.57.1.0918-9729R2