State-Targeted Funding and Technical Assistance to Increase Access to Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

As the United States grapples with an opioid epidemic, expanding access to effective treatment for opioid use disorder is a major public health priority. Identifying effective policy tools that can be used to expand access to care is critically important. This article examines the relationship between state-targeted funding and technical assistance and adoption of three medications for treating opioid use disorder: oral naltrexone, injectable naltrexone, and buprenorphine.

Methods

This study draws from the 2013-2014 wave of the National Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey, a nationally representative, longitudinal study of substance use disorder treatment programs. The sample includes data from 695 treatment programs (85.5% response rate) and representatives from si

SUBMITTER: Abraham AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6703818 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature