Explaining Racial-ethnic Disparities in the Receipt of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder during Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Factors contributing to racial and ethnic disparities in medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) receipt during pregnancy are largely unknown. We quantified the contribution of individual, healthcare access and quality, and community factors to racial-ethnic disparities in MOUD during pregnancy and postpartum among Medicaid-enrolled pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD).

Methods

This retrospective cohort study used regression and nonlinear decomposition to examine how individual, healthcare access and quality, and community factors explain racial-ethnic disparities in MOUD receipt among Medicaid-enrolled women with OUD who had a live birth from 2011 to 2017. The exposure was self-reported race and ethnicity. The outcomes were any MOUD receipt during pregn

SUBMITTER: Gao YA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9440158 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov-Dec 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature