Quality of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Persons With and Without Disabling Conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adverse outcomes associated with opioid use disorder (OUD) are disproportionately high among people with disabilities (PWD) compared with those without disability. A gap remains in understanding the quality of OUD treatment for people with physical, sensory, cognitive, and developmental disabilities, specifically regarding medications for OUD (MOUD), a foundation of treatment.

Objective

To examine the use and quality of OUD treatment in adults with diagnosed disabling conditions, compared with adults without these diagnoses.

Design, setting, and participants

This case-control study used Washington State Medicaid data from 2016 to 2019 (for use) and 2017 to 2018 (for continuity). Data were obtained for outpatient, residential, and inpatient settings with Med

SUBMITTER: Thomas CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9996401 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature