Receipt of Medications for Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders: The Importance of Service Utilization Patterns.

ABSTRACT: Medications for alcohol use disorder (MAUD) and opioid use disorder (MOUD) are underutilized evidence-based treatments. While patients often receive treatment in multiple medical treatment settings, it is unknown whether certain treatment settings or combinations of settings are associated with increased receipt of MAUD or MOUD. Data from the cross-sectional 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health were used to identify treatment settings where adult respondents received any past year alcohol treatment (n = 476, 33% female) or, separately, opioid treatment (n = 337, 38% female). Three-stage latent class analysis assessed the patterns of treatment settings utilization and their associations with receipt of MAUD or MOUD, adjusting for potential confounders. Only 10.9% of those in alcohol

SUBMITTER: Bensley KMK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12447625 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature