Association of Pregnancy and Insurance Status With Treatment Access for Opioid Use Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medications for opioid use disorder, including buprenorphine hydrochloride and methadone hydrochloride, are highly effective at improving outcomes for individuals with the disorder. For pregnant women, use of these medications also improves pregnancy outcomes, including the risk of preterm birth. Despite the known benefits of medications for opioid use disorder, many pregnant and nonpregnant women with the disorder are not receiving them.

Objective

To determine whether pregnancy and insurance status are associated with a woman's ability to obtain an appointment with an opioid use disorder treatment clinician.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study with random assignment of clinicians and simulated-patient callers (performed in "secr

SUBMITTER: Patrick SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7428808 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature