Assessment of Community-Level Vulnerability and Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Given that COVID-19 and recent natural disasters exacerbated the shortage of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services and were associated with increased opioid overdose mortality, it is important to examine how a community's ability to respond to natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks is associated with MOUD access.

Objective

To examine the association of community vulnerability to disasters and pandemics with geographic access to each of the 3 MOUDs and whether this association differs by urban, suburban, or rural classification.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of zip code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) in the continental United States excluding Washington, DC, conducted a geospatial analysis of 2020 treatment l

SUBMITTER: Joudrey PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020217 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature