County-level Factors and Treatment Access Among Insured Women With Opioid Use Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An over 40% increase in overdose deaths within the past 2 years and low levels of engagement in treatment call for a better understanding of factors that influence access to medication for opioid use disorder (OUD).

Objective

To examine whether county-level characteristics influence a caller's ability to secure an appointment with an OUD treatment practitioner, either a buprenorphine-waivered prescriber or an opioid treatment program (OTP).

Research design and subjects

We leveraged data from a randomized field experiment comprised of simulated pregnant and nonpregnant women of reproductive age seeking treatment for OUD among 10 states in the US. We employed a mixed-effects logistic regression model with random intercepts for counties to examine the relation

SUBMITTER: Leech AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10656358 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature