Trends in Opioid Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration, 2005-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Given the personal and social burdens of opioid use disorder (OUD), understanding time trends in OUD prevalence in large patient populations is key to planning prevention and treatment services.

Objective

To examine trends in the prevalence of OUD from 2005 to 2022 overall and by age, sex, and race and ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

This serial cross-sectional study included national Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic medical record data from the VHA Corporate Data Warehouse. Adult patients (age ≥18 years) with a current OUD diagnosis (using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification [ICD-9-CM] and International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification [ICD-

SUBMITTER: Gorfinkel LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662256 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature