Medicaid expansion and opioid supply policies to address the opioid overdose crisis.

ABSTRACT: Background: The opioid overdose crisis remains of critical concern after historic increases in overdose mortality in the United States between 2020 and 2021. Improving access to buprenorphine -a partial opioid agonist and one of three FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment- and reducing inappropriate opioid prescriptions may help curb mortality. Here, we examined the impact of Medicaid expansion and pain management clinic laws on opioid prescription rates and buprenorphine availability. Methods: We examined both retail opioid prescriptions per 100 persons in the state population using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and data on buprenorphine distributions in kilograms per 100,000 persons in the state population from the Autom

SUBMITTER: Shakya S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9948913 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature