Research

I am an applied microeconomist working mainly in the areas of mental health, substance use disorder, public policy evaluation, and labor economics.   

Published Journal Articles

Gibbons, J. B., Harris, S. J., Solomon, K. T., Sugarman, O., Hardy, C., & Saloner, B.  (2023) The rising tide of overdose deaths among Black Americans: A Review of the Literature. The Lancet Psychiatry.

Solomon, K. T., O’Connor, J., Gibbons, J. B., Kilaru, A. S., Feder, K. A., Xue, L., Saloner, B., Stuart, E. A., Cole, E. S. Hulsey, E., Meisel, Z., Patel, E., & Donohue, J. M. (2023) Association between hospital adoption of an emergency department treatment pathway for opioid use disorder and patient initiation of buprenorphine after discharge. JAMA Health Forum, 4(3): e230245. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0245

Carroll. G., C., Solomon, K. T., Heil, J., Saloner, B., Stuart, E. A., Patel, E., Greifer, N., Salzman, M., Murphy, E., Baston, K., & Haroz, R. (2023) Impact of administering buprenorphine to overdose survivors using emergency medical services. Annals of Emergency Medicine. (Co-first author)

Solomon, K. T., & Dasgupta, K. (2022). State mental health insurance parity laws and college educational outcomes. Journal of Health Economics, 86, 102675

Krawczyk, N., Allen, S. T., Schneider, K. E., Solomon, K., Shah, H., Morris, M., Harris, S. J., Sherman, S. G., & Saloner, B. (2022). Intersecting substance use treatment and harm reduction services: exploring the characteristics and service needs of a community-based sample of people who use drugs. Harm reduction journal, 19(1), 95.

Deza, M., Maclean, J. C., & Solomon, K. (2022). Local access to mental healthcare and crime. Journal of Urban Economics, 129, 103410.

NBER Working Paper 2761. 

Saloner, B., Krawczyk, N., Solomon, K., Allen, S. T., Morris, M., Haney, K., & Sherman, S. G. (2021). Experiences with Substance Use Disorder Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Multistate Survey. International Journal of Drug Policy, 103537. 

Patel, E., Solomon, K., Saleem, H., Saloner, B., Pugh, T., Hulsey, E., & Leontsini, E. (2021). Implementation of buprenorphine initiation and warm handoff protocols in emergency departments: A qualitative study of Pennsylvania hospitals. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 108658. 

Solomon, K. T., Bandara, S., Reynolds, I. S., Krawczyk, N., Saloner, B., Stuart, E., & Connolly, E. (2021). Association between availability of medications for opioid use disorder in specialty treatment and use of medications among patients: A state-level trends analysis. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 132, 108424. 

Krawczyk, N., Garrett, B., Ahmad, N. J., Patel, E., Solomon, K., Stuart, E. A., & Saloner, B. (2021). Medications for opioid use disorder among American Indians and Alaska natives: Availability and use across a national sample. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 220, 108512. 

Hill, S.C., Solomon, K.T., Maclean, J.C., Pesko, M.F. (2019) Effects of improvements in the CPS on the estimated prevalence of medical financial burdens. Health Services Research. 54(4): 920–929. 

Dasgupta, K., & Solomon, K. T. (2018). Family size effects on childhood obesity: Evidence on the quantity-quality trade-off using the NLSY. Economics & Human Biology, 29, 42-55.

Working Papers

“Implementation of a statewide quality improvement collaborative for opioid use disorder treatment in hospitals.” (First author; Joint with Elli Leontsini, Esita Patel, Haneefa Saleem, and Brendan Saloner).

“Mother’s marital status at child’s birth and early health and educational attainment: Evidence from sibling fixed-effects.”

“Effects of public insurance expansions on SSI program among young adults and previous SSI Child participants: Evidence from ACA Medicaid expansions.”

“Health, health insurance, and financial Security.” (Joint with Katie Fitzpatrick)

“The effect of public policies on work disability: A life course perspective.” (Joint with Katie Jajtner and Yang Wang)