Association between treatment setting and outcomes among oregon medicaid patients with opioid use disorder: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residential treatment is a common approach for treating opioid use disorder (OUD), however, few studies have directly compared it to outpatient treatment. The objective of this study was to compare OUD outcomes among individuals receiving residential and outpatient treatment.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study used linked data from a state Medicaid program, vital statistics, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Treatment Episodes Dataset (TEDS) to compare OUD-related health outcomes among individuals treated in a residential or outpatient setting between 2014 and 2017. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards and logistic regression models examined the association between treatment setting and outcomes (i.e., opioid overdose,

SUBMITTER: Hartung DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9389731 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature