Opioid-Related Treatment Disparities Among Medicaid Enrollees in Indiana.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health care disparities based on race/ethnicity and sex can be found in a variety of settings. Our aim is to determine if there are disparities in treatment provided to Indiana Medicaid enrollees who have medically documented opioid use.

Study data and methods

We used Medicaid reimbursement claims data to extract patients who were diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD) or had other medical event related to opioid use between January 2018 and March 2019. We used a two-proportion Z-test to verify the difference in the proportion of treatment provided between population subgroups. The study was approved by the Purdue University Institutional Review Board (2019-118).

Study results

Over the study period, there were 52,994 Indiana Medicaid enrollees di

SUBMITTER: Vivas-Valencia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9982140 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature