Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder: Rates and Predictors of Prescription Order and Fill in Outpatient Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol use disorders (AUD) are prevalent and responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality; yet efficacious treatments are underused. Previous studies have identified demographic and clinical predictors of medication fills, yet these studies typically do not include patients who were prescribed a medication but did not fill it.

Objectives

To examine rates of and factors associated with prescription order and prescription fill for medications for AUD (MAUD) among individuals diagnosed with AUD in outpatient settings.

Design

In a cross-sectional analysis, we used multivariate logistic regression to identify factors associated with prescription order and fill.

Patients

We used data from the Optum Labs Data Warehouse that linked 2016-2021 de-ident

SUBMITTER: Hodgkin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534947 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature