Medication Availability for Alcohol Use Disorder in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major public health concern; medications for AUD (MAUD) are an effective form of treatment but remain underused. Identifying MAUD access trends and the characteristics of counties with limited availability can inform targeted efforts to expand treatment capacity.

Objective

To examine trends in geographic availability of MAUD at US substance use disorder treatment facilities (SUDTFs) from 2017 to 2023 and assess county characteristics associated with SUDTFs offering MAUD.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide cross-sectional study used data from the Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Tracking Repository, which includes longitudinal data on licensed SUDTFs and whether they offer MAUD (acamprosate, disulfiram, or

SUBMITTER: Mizushima Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12797095 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature