Postpartum medication for opioid use disorder outcomes associated with prenatal treatment and neighborhood-level social determinants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioid use disorder is a leading cause of death through the year postpartum.

Objective

This study aimed to identify the association of neighborhood-level social determinants of health and prenatal opioid use disorder treatment receipt with the outcomes of medication treatment for opioid use disorder through the year postpartum among a cohort of birthing people.

Study design

This was a population-based retrospective cohort study that used state Medicaid claims and enrollment data for the 1690 individuals who delivered a live infant between July 1, 2016 and December 31, 2020 and received medication for opioid use disorder at delivery. The primary exposure was the state Health Opportunity Index, a composite measure of social determinants of health linked at th

SUBMITTER: Martin CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10727449 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature