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Mir M. Ali
Researcher at Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Publications - 117
Citations - 3487
Mir M. Ali is an academic researcher from Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Medicaid. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 111 publications receiving 2495 citations. Previous affiliations of Mir M. Ali include Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition & Food and Drug Administration.
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Factors associated with substance use treatment completion in residential facilities.
TL;DR: Changes to the Medicaid program resulting from the ACA, including coverage of substance use treatment as an essential health benefit and greater support for housing, education, and employment, may also contribute to more residential discharges ending in treatment completion.
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The Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Behavioral Health Services Utilization.
TL;DR: Estimates indicate that 2.8 million adults may receive BH treatment through Medicaid expansions, and 3.1 million through participation in health insurance exchanges, which represents a 40 % increase in BH services utilization, primarily for mental health services.
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The Influence of Body Weight on Social Network Ties Among Adolescents
TL;DR: It is found that obese adolescents have fewer friends and are less socially integrated than their non-obese counterparts and such penalties in friendship networks are present among whites but not African-Americans or Hispanics, with the largest effect among white females.
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Big and Beautiful? Evidence of Racial Differences in the Perceived Attractiveness of Obese Females
TL;DR: It is found that overweight and obese white female adolescents are, respectively, 23% and 40% less likely, on average, to be perceived as physically attractive compared to normal-weight white girls, which suggests that the range of body sizes considered attractive may be wider for black females.
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The influence of body weight on social network ties among adolescents
TL;DR: The authors explored the extent to which higher body weight results in social marginalization of adolescents and found that obese adolescents have fewer friends and are less socially integrated than their non-obese counterparts.