Drug Overdose Deaths Among Medicaid Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medicaid programs have expanded coverage of substance use disorder treatment and undertaken many other initiatives to reduce drug overdoses among beneficiaries. However, to date, no information has been published that tracks overdose deaths among the Medicaid population.

Objective

To determine the rate of drug overdose among Medicaid beneficiaries.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study, US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data from 2016 to 2020 that linked enrollment and demographic data from all Medicaid beneficiaries in the US with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Death Index were used to determine the rate of drug overdose death among Medicaid beneficiaries. The Medicaid population rates were co

SUBMITTER: Mark TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624576 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature