Differences in the delivery of medications for opioid use disorder during hospitalization by racial categories: A retrospective cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: As the drug-related overdose crisis and COVID-19 pandemic continue, communities need increased access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) (i.e., buprenorphine and methadone). Disparities in the type of MOUD prescribed or administered by racial and ethnic categories are well described in the outpatient clinical environment. It is unknown, however, if these disparities persist when MOUD is provided in acute care hospitals. Methods: This study assessed differences in the delivery of buprenorphine versus methadone during acute medical or surgical hospitalizations for veterans with opioid use disorder (OUD) by racial categories (Black Non-Hispanic or Latino vs. White Non-Hispanic or Latino). Data were obtained retrospectively from the Veterans Health Administ

SUBMITTER: Priest KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10292919 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature