Disparities in Medication Use for Criminal Justice System-Referred Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) and criminal justice system involvement experience high rates of overdose death. Historical data point to limited use of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in criminal justice system-referred treatment for OUD as playing a role. However, how MOUD use among those referred to treatment by the criminal justice system has changed relative to other referral sources over time is still unclear, as well as how it varies across states.

Objective

To examine disparities in the use of MOUD between individuals referred to treatment by the criminal justice system compared to other referral sources over time.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included admissions to specialty substance use treatm

SUBMITTER: Donahoe JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11380100 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature