Typology of laws restricting access to methadone treatment in the United States: A latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United States, methadone treatment for opioid use disorder is only available at opioid treatment programs (OTPs). In addition to federal regulations, states can enact laws which shape access to OTPs. We aimed to define classes of states according to restrictiveness of state OTP laws and examine population characteristics associated with class membership.

Methods

A set of laws was extracted from a database of statutes and regulations governing OTPs in 49 states and the District of Columbia as of June 2021. Latent class analysis of laws was used to estimate the probability of class membership for each state. Class-weighted multinomial logistic regression analysis assessed state-level correlates of class membership and adjusted Relative Risk Ratio (aRRR) and 9

SUBMITTER: Conway A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11790254 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature