Disparities in Receipt of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US Veterans Health Administration
The proportions of patients with OUD prescribed MOUD increased from before to during the pandemic. However, Veterans who were women, Black, Latinx, and food insecure did not experience these increases. These patients may benefit from interventions such as targeted outreach efforts to improve MOUD engagement to reduce OUD harms.
Authors
- William C. Becker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0788-1467)
- Kirsha S. Gordon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4925-1914)
- Robert D. Kerns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7609-2771)
- Minhee Sung
- Joel I. Reisman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0552-161X)
- Avijit Mitra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9764-1506)
- Weisong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3825-5597)
- Wenjun Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5335-7386)
- Hong Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6819-6607)
- Casey León (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1948-5004)
Institutions
- University of Massachusetts Lowell (US)
- Amherst College (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- Yale University (US)
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System (US)
- VA New England Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Substance Use & Addiction Journal
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/29767342241293334
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institute on Drug Abuse