Assessment of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant Women in Massachusetts.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Racial and ethnic disparities persist across key health and substance use treatment outcomes for mothers and infants. The use of medications, such as methadone or buprenorphine, for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) has been associated with improvements in the outcomes of mothers and infants; however, only half of all pregnant women with OUD receive these medications. The extent to which maternal race or ethnicity is associated with the use of medication to treat OUD, the duration of the use of medication to treat OUD, and the type of medication used to treat OUD during pregnancy are unknown.

Objective

To examine the extent to which maternal race and ethnicity is associated with the use of medications for the treatment of OUD in the year before delivery a

SUBMITTER: Schiff DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7251447 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature