Service Involvement Across Multiple Sectors Among People Who Use Opioids, Methamphetamine, or Both, United States-2015-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The fourth wave of the opioid crisis is characterized by increased use and co-use of methamphetamine. How opioid and methamphetamine co-use is associated with health care use, housing instability, social service use, and criminal justice involvement has not been studied and could inform future interventions and partnerships.

Objectives

To estimate service involvement across sectors among people who reported past year opioid and methamphetamine co-use, methamphetamine use, opioid use, or neither opioid nor methamphetamine use.

Research design

We examined 2015-2018 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. We used multivariable negative binomial and logistic regression models and predictive margins, adjusted for sociodemographic and clinical chara

SUBMITTER: Howell BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7878287 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature