Publications

• Medicaid Managed Care Penetration and Mental Health Service Use Among Adults.
  Med Care
  03/10/2025 Authors: Hu J-C; Cummings JR; Ji X; Wilk AS
• Association Between Medicaid Coverage Continuity and Survival in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Pediatric and Adolescent Cancers.
  JCO Oncol Pract Volume: 21 Page(s): 380 - 390
  03/01/2025 Authors: Hu X; Castellino SM; Kirchhoff AC; Williamson Lewis RS; DeGroote NP; Cornwell P; Mertens AC; Lipscomb J; Ji X
• Racial and ethnic disparities in telemental health use among publicly insured children.
  Am J Manag Care Volume: 31 Page(s): 119 - 126
  03/01/2025 Authors: Hu X; Graetz I; Marchak JG; Mertens AC; Ji X; Cummings JR
• Health insurance continuity and mortality in children, adolescents, and young adults with blood cancer.
  J Natl Cancer Inst Volume: 117 Page(s): 344 - 354
  02/01/2025 Authors: Ji X; Zhang XE; Yabroff KR; Stock W; Cornwell P; Bai S; Mertens AC; Lipscomb J; Castellino SM
• Medicaid coverage continuity is associated with lymphoma stage among children and adolescents/young adults.
  Blood Adv Volume: 9 Page(s): 280 - 290
  01/28/2025 Authors: Zhang XE; Castellino SM; Yabroff KR; Stock W; Cornwell P; Bai S; Mertens AC; Lipscomb J; Ji X
• Medicaid managed care network adequacy standards and mental health care access.
  Am J Manag Care Volume: 31 Page(s): 25 - 32
  01/01/2025 Authors: Hu J-C; Cummings JR; Ji X; Wilk AS
• The lasting impact of the ACA: how Medicaid expansion reduces outcome disparities in AYAs with leukemia and lymphoma.
  Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program Volume: 2024 Page(s): 10 - 19
  12/06/2024 Authors: Hu X; Castellino SM; Ji X
• Association of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Deprivation on the Incidence and Severity of Adverse Events in Induction in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  Volume: 144 Page(s): 5110 - 5111
  11/05/2024 Authors: Stevenson JM; Khanna A; Hawk A; Morse A; Alao O; Jordan K; Ji X; Sohn H; Castellino SM; Miller TP
• Association of Medicaid Expansion With Timely Receipt of Treatment and Survival Among Patients With HR-Negative, HER2-Positive Breast Cancer.
  J Natl Compr Canc Netw Volume: 22 Page(s): 593 - 599
  10/23/2024 Authors: Shi KS; Ji X; Jiang C; Ruddy KJ; Castellino SM; Yabroff KR; Han X
• Health insurance among survivors of childhood cancer following Affordable Care Act implementation.
  J Natl Cancer Inst Volume: 116 Page(s): 1466 - 1478
  09/01/2024 Authors: Kirchhoff AC; Waters AR; Liu Q; Ji X; Yasui Y; Yabroff KR; Conti RM; Huang I-C; Henderson T; Leisenring WM
• Association of residential economic and racial segregation with metastatic disease at diagnosis in pediatric patients with solid tumors
  Volume: 33
  09/01/2024 Authors: Cathcart A; Castellino SM; Zhang L; Wasilewski-Masker K; Hong AL; Sohn H; Ji X
• Mental Health Care Utilization Among Parents of Children With Cancer.
  JAMA Netw Open Volume: 7 Page(s): e244531
  04/01/2024 Authors: Hu X; Grosse SD; Han X; Marchak JG; Ji X
• Job lock among survivors of childhood cancer and their spouses post Affordable Care Act implementation: A Childhood Cancer Survivor Study brief report.
  Pediatr Blood Cancer Volume: 71 Page(s): e30790
  02/01/2024 Authors: Waters AR; Liu Q; Ji X; Yasui Y; Yabroff KR; Conti RM; Henderson T; Huang I-C; Leisenring W; Armstrong GT
• Utilization of cardiac tests in anthracycline-treated cancer survivors differs between young adults and children: A claims-based analysis.
  Cancer Med Volume: 12 Page(s): 22056 - 22061
  12/01/2023 Authors: Ji X; Hu X; Lipscomb J; Chow EJ; Mertens AC; Castellino SM
• Association of Age with Acuity and Severity of Illness at Initial Presentation in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Leukemia
  Volume: 142
  11/02/2023 Authors: Jain T; Ji X; Degroote N; Himes A; Coxhead C; Khanna A; Cathcart A; Miller TP; Blum KA; Tarquinio K
• Health Insurance Continuity Is Associated with Stage at Diagnosis Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Newly Diagnosed with Lymphoma
  Volume: 142
  11/02/2023 Authors: Zhang X; Castellino SM; Yabroff R; Stock W; Bai S; Mertens AC; Lipscomb J; Ji X
• Impact of Survivorship Care Plans (SCP) on Mortality in a Contemporary Cohort of Pediatric Patients Diagnosed with a Blood Cancer
  Volume: 142
  11/02/2023 Authors: Castellino SM; Lewis RW; Effinger KE; Mertens AC; Lipscomb J; Ji X
• State-Level Variation in Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment and Specialty Care for Publicly Insured Children.
  JAMA Netw Open Volume: 6 Page(s): e2336415
  10/02/2023 Authors: Hu J-C; Cummings JR; Ji X; Wilk AS
• Medicaid expansion is associated with treatment receipt, timeliness, and outcomes among young adults with breast cancer.
  JNCI Cancer Spectr Volume: 7
  08/31/2023 Authors: Ji X; Shi KS; Ruddy KJ; Zhao J; Mertens AC; Yabroff KR; Castellino SM; Han X
• Evaluating Medicaid Managed Care Network Adequacy Standards And Associations With Specialty Care Access For Children.
  Health Aff (Millwood) Volume: 42 Page(s): 759 - 769
  06/01/2023 Authors: Hu J-C; Cummings JR; Ji X; Wilk AS
• Medicaid enrollment changes among US adult survivors of childhood cancer following medicaid expansion: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS)
  Volume: 41
  06/01/2023 Authors: Ji X; Hu X; Mertens AC; Leisenring WM; Nathan PC; Armstrong GT; Castellino SM; Kirchhoff AC
• Association of Medicaid expansion with treatment receipt, delays in treatment initiation, and survival among young adult women with breast cancer
  Volume: 41
  06/01/2023 Authors: Han X; Shi KS; Ruddy KJ; Zhao J; Mertens AC; Yabroff R; Castellino SM; Ji X
• Health insurance continuity and survival among children, adolescents, and young adults with blood cancer: An analysis based on SEER-Medicaid data
  Volume: 41
  06/01/2023 Authors: Ji X; Zhang EX; Bai S; Stock W; Yabroff R; Mertens AC; Castellino SM
• Survival in Young Adults With Cancer Is Associated With Medicaid Expansion Through the Affordable Care Act.
  J Clin Oncol Volume: 41 Page(s): 1909 - 1920
  04/01/2023 Authors: Ji X; Shi KS; Mertens AC; Zhao J; Yabroff KR; Castellino SM; Han X
• The effect of cancer exemption in mandatory-access prescription drug monitoring programs among oncologists.
  JNCI Cancer Spectr Volume: 7
  03/01/2023 Authors: Graetz I; Hu X; Ji X; Wetzel M; Yarbrough CR
• Suicide Risk Among Individuals Diagnosed With Cancer in the US, 2000-2016.
  JAMA Netw Open Volume: 6 Page(s): e2251863
  01/03/2023 Authors: Hu X; Ma J; Jemal A; Zhao J; Nogueira L; Ji X; Yabroff KR; Han X
• Incidence and trends of hepatic cancer among children and adolescents in the United States from 2000 to 2017: Evidence from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry data.
  Cancer Causes Control Volume: 34 Page(s): 69 - 79
  01/01/2023 Authors: Li P; Kong Y; Guo J; Ji X; Han X; Zhang B
• Childhood cancer survivorship in China: An overview of the past two decades.
  Cancer Med Volume: 11 Page(s): 4588 - 4601
  12/01/2022 Authors: Ji X; Su J; Liu X; Mao Z; Zhang W; Zhang J; Sun X; Han X
• Changes in Opioid Prescriptions and Potential Misuse and Substance Use Disorders Among Childhood Cancer Survivors Following the 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guideline.
  JAMA Oncol Volume: 8 Page(s): 1658 - 1662
  11/01/2022 Authors: Hu X; Brock KE; Effinger KE; Zhang B; Graetz I; Lipscomb J; Ji X
• National Estimates of Mental Health Needs Among Adults With Self-Reported CKD in the United States.
  Kidney Int Rep Volume: 7 Page(s): 1630 - 1642
  07/01/2022 Authors: Wilk AS; Hu J-C; Chehal P; Yarbrough CR; Ji X; Cummings JR
• Early Posttherapy Opioid Prescription, Potential Misuse, and Substance Use Disorder Among Pediatric Cancer Survivors.
  J Natl Cancer Inst Volume: 114 Page(s): 895 - 906
  06/13/2022 Authors: Ji X; Hu X; Brock KE; Mertens AC; Cummings JR; Effinger KE
• Early Posttherapy Opioid Prescription, Potential Misuse, and Substance Use Disorder Among Pediatric Cancer Survivors
  JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute Volume: 114 Page(s): 895 - 906
  06/13/2022 Authors: Ji X; Hu X; Brock KE; Mertens AC; Cummings JR; Effinger KE
• Moving Beyond Patient-Level Drivers of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Childhood Cancer.
  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev Volume: 31 Page(s): 1154 - 1158
  06/01/2022 Authors: Ji X; Sohn H; Sil S; Castellino SM
• Association between the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion and survival in young adults newly diagnosed with cancer.
  Volume: 40
  06/01/2022 Authors: Ji X; Shi K; Castellino SM; Mertens AC; Zhao J; Yabroff KR; Han X
• Suicide risk among patients with cancer in the United States, 2000-2016.
  Volume: 40
  06/01/2022 Authors: Han X; Hu X; Ma J; Zhao J; Nogueira LM; Ji X; Jemal A; Yabroff KR
• Changes in opioid prescription, potential misuse, and substance use disorder in pediatric cancer survivors following the 2016 CDC opioid prescribing guideline.
  Volume: 40
  06/01/2022 Authors: Ji X; Hu X; Brock KE; Effinger KE; Zhang B; Lipscomb J
• Pediatric neurological cancer incidence and trends in the United States, 2000-2018.
  Cancer Causes Control Volume: 33 Page(s): 687 - 699
  05/01/2022 Authors: Kong Y; Ji X; Han X; Zhang B
• Narrowing Insurance Disparities Among Children and Adolescents With Cancer Following the Affordable Care Act.
  JNCI Cancer Spectr Volume: 6
  01/05/2022 Authors: Ji X; Hu X; Castellino SM; Mertens AC; Yabroff KR; Han X
• Association of Medicaid Expansion With Cancer Stage and Disparities in Newly Diagnosed Young Adults.
  J Natl Cancer Inst Volume: 113 Page(s): 1723 - 1732
  11/29/2021 Authors: Ji X; Castellino SM; Mertens AC; Zhao J; Nogueira L; Jemal A; Yabroff KR; Han X
• Utilization of Cardiac Surveillance in Pediatric Blood Cancer Survivors Who Received Anthracycline-Based Therapy Differs By Age: A Claims-Based Analysis
  Volume: 138
  11/23/2021 Authors: Ji X; Hu X; Lipscomb J; Mertens A; Castellino SM
• National estimates of mental health service use and unmet needs among adult cancer survivors.
  Cancer Volume: 127 Page(s): 4296 - 4305
  11/15/2021 Authors: Ji X; Marchak JG; Mertens AC; Curseen KA; Zarrabi AJ; Cummings JR
• National estimates of mental health service use and unmet needs among adult cancer survivors
  Cancer Volume: 127 Page(s): 4296 - 4305
  11/15/2021 Authors: Ji X; Marchak JG; Mertens AC; Curseen KA; Zarrabi AJ; Cummings JR
• A Methodological Approach for Evaluating the Enterprise Community Healthy Start Program in Rural Georgia: An Analysis Using Linked PRAMS, Birth Records and Program Data.
  Matern Child Health J Volume: 25 Page(s): 1516 - 1525
  10/01/2021 Authors: Vladutiu CJ; Mobley SC; Ji X; Thomas S; Kandasamy V; Sutherland D; Inglett S; Li R; Cox S
• Substance use, substance use disorders, and treatment in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors-Results from a national survey.
  Cancer Volume: 127 Page(s): 3223 - 3231
  09/01/2021 Authors: Ji X; Cummings JR; Mertens AC; Wen H; Effinger KE
• Healthcare Costs of Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder in the United States, 2003-2015.
  J Autism Dev Disord Volume: 51 Page(s): 2950 - 2958
  08/01/2021 Authors: Zuvekas SH; Grosse SD; Lavelle TA; Maenner MJ; Dietz P; Ji X
• PRESCRIPTION OPIOID USE AND MISUSE IN PEDIATRIC CANCER SURVIVORS: A NATIONWIDE CLAIMS-BASED ANALYSIS
  Volume: 68 Page(s): S9 - S9
  06/01/2021 Authors: Ji X; Hu X; Effinger K
• Mental health needs among parents of children with cancer: A commercial claims data analysis.
  Volume: 39
  05/20/2021 Authors: Hu X; Marchak JG; Ji X
• Association of smoke-free laws with preterm or low birth weight deliveries-A multistate analysis.
  Health Serv Res Volume: 56 Page(s): 61 - 72
  02/01/2021 Authors: Ji X; Cox S; Grosse SD; Barfield WD; Armour BS; Courtney-Long EA; Li R
• Association Between State Policies on Improving Opioid Prescribing in 2 States and Opioid Overdose Rates Among Reproductive-aged Women.
  Med Care Volume: 59 Page(s): 185 - 192
  02/01/2021 Authors: Ji X; Haight SC; Ko JY; Cox S; Barfield WD; Zhang K; Guy GP; Li R
• Spending on Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Employer-Sponsored Plans, 2011-2017.
  Psychiatr Serv Volume: 72 Page(s): 16 - 22
  01/01/2021 Authors: Grosse SD; Ji X; Nichols P; Zuvekas SH; Rice CE; Yeargin-Allsopp M
• Capsule Commentary on Nelson et al., Changes in Coverage, Access, and Health Following Implementation of Healthy Behavior Incentive Medicaid Expansions vs. Traditional Medicaid Expansions.
  J Gen Intern Med Volume: 35 Page(s): 2832
  09/01/2020 Authors: Ji X
• Mental health among nonelderly adult cancer survivors: A national estimate.
  Cancer Volume: 126 Page(s): 3768 - 3776
  08/15/2020 Authors: Ji X; Cummings JR; Gilleland Marchak J; Han X; Mertens AC
• Mental health among nonelderly adult cancer survivors: A national estimate
  Cancer Volume: 126 Page(s): 3768 - 3776
  08/15/2020 Authors: Ji X; Cummings JR; Gilleland Marchak J; Han X; Mertens AC
• National estimates of substance use, substance use disorders, and treatment among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.
  Volume: 38
  05/20/2020 Authors: Ji X; Cummings J; Mertens AC; Wen H; Effinger KE
• National estimates of mental health needs among non-elderly adult cancer survivors.
  Volume: 38
  05/20/2020 Authors: Ji X; Cummings J; Marchak JG; Han X; Mertens AC
• Mental Health Service Use by Medicaid-Enrolled Children and Adolescents in Primary Care Safety-Net Clinics.
  Psychiatr Serv Volume: 71 Page(s): 328 - 336
  04/01/2020 Authors: Cummings JR; Ji X; Druss BG
• Effect of Medicaid Disenrollment on Health Care Utilization Among Adults With Mental Health Disorders.
  Med Care Volume: 57 Page(s): 574 - 583
  08/01/2019 Authors: Ji X; Wilk AS; Druss BG; Cummings JR
• Racial and Ethnic Differences in Minimally Adequate Depression Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Youth.
  J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Volume: 58 Page(s): 128 - 138
  01/01/2019 Authors: Cummings JR; Ji X; Lally C; Druss BG
• Racial-Ethnic Differences in Patterns of Discontinuous Medication Treatment Among Medicaid-Insured Youths With ADHD.
  Psychiatr Serv Volume: 69 Page(s): 322 - 331
  03/01/2018 Authors: Ji X; Druss BG; Lally C; Cummings JR
• Racial-Ethnic Differences in Patterns of Discontinuous Medication Treatment Among Medicaid-Insured Youths With ADHD
  PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES Volume: 69 Page(s): 322 - 331
  03/01/2018 Authors: Ji X; Druss BG; Lally C; Cummings JR
• Discontinuity of Medicaid Coverage: Impact on Cost and Utilization Among Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries With Major Depression.
  Med Care Volume: 55 Page(s): 735 - 743
  08/01/2017 Authors: Ji X; Wilk AS; Druss BG; Lally C; Cummings JR
• Racial and Ethnic Differences in ADHD Treatment Quality Among Medicaid-Enrolled Youth.
  Pediatrics Volume: 139
  06/01/2017 Authors: Cummings JR; Ji X; Allen L; Lally C; Druss BG
• Geographic Access to Specialty Mental Health Care Across High- and Low-Income US Communities.
  JAMA Psychiatry Volume: 74 Page(s): 476 - 484
  05/01/2017 Authors: Cummings JR; Allen L; Clennon J; Ji X; Druss BG
• RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN THE QUALITY OF DEPRESSION TREATMENT AMONG MEDICAID-ENROLLED YOUTH
  Volume: 55 Page(s): S336 - S337
  10/01/2016 Authors: Cummings J; Ji X
• Availability of Youth Services in U.S. Mental Health Treatment Facilities.
  Adm Policy Ment Health Volume: 43 Page(s): 717 - 727
  09/01/2016 Authors: Cummings JR; Case BG; Ji X; Marcus SC
• Racial/ethnic differences in perceived reasons for mental health treatment in US adolescents with major depression.
  J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Volume: 53 Page(s): 980 - 990
  09/01/2014 Authors: Cummings JR; Case BG; Ji X; Chae DH; Druss BG
• Randomized trial of an electronic personal health record for patients with serious mental illnesses.
  Am J Psychiatry Volume: 171 Page(s): 360 - 368
  03/01/2014 Authors: Druss BG; Ji X; Glick G; von Esenwein SA