Opioid use disorder treatment among medicaid beneficiaries during pandemic

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Researchers examined whether Medicaid patients in Wisconsin with opioid use disorder experienced decreased access to treatment, including receiving buprenorphine and urine drug testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors: Alyssa Shell Tilhou, M.D., Ph.D., of the Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0093)

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