An examination between treatment type and treatment retention in persons with opioid and co-occurring alcohol use disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) and co-occurring alcohol use disorder (AUD) are understudied. We identified whether co-occurring AUD was associated with OUD treatment type, compared associations between treatment type and six-month treatment retention and determined whether co-occurring AUD moderated these relationships.

Methods

We used an observational cohort study design to analyze insurance claims data from 2011 to 2016 from persons aged 12-64 with an opioid abuse or opioid dependence diagnosis and OUD treatment claim. Our unit of analysis was the treatment episode; we used logistic regression for analyses.

Results

Of 211,047 treatment episodes analyzed, 14 % had co-occurring alcohol abuse or dependence diagnoses. Among persons with opioi

SUBMITTER: Mintz CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8370094 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature