Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Facilities With Programs for Special Populations.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Special populations, including veterans, pregnant and postpartum women, and adolescents, benefit from opioid use disorder treatment tailored to their specific needs, but access to such services is poorly described. This study identifies the availability of opioid use disorder treatment facilities that use medications and have special programming and contextualizes facilities amid counties' opioid-related overdose mortality.

Methods

Data were compiled on 15,945 U.S. treatment facilities using medications for opioid use disorder listed in the Behavioral Health Services Treatment Locator in 2018. Facilities with programs tailored to special populations (veterans, pregnant and postpartum women, and adolescents) were identified and geocoded. Counties with such facili

SUBMITTER: Hadland SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7484197 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature