<scp>VA</scp> ‐Purchased Community Care and Risk of Potentially Unsafe Concurrent Medication Use Among Veterans Receiving Opioids: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Overall, VA community care eligibility was associated with a small increase in medication overlap involving opioids and other CNS-active medications. Increases in overlap were larger in certain Veteran subgroups and later study years, underscoring a need for continued monitoring of higher-risk co-prescribing in VA community care.
Authors
- Eric T. Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-0799)
- Katie J. Suda
- Utibe R. Essien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4494-5028)
- Carolyn T. Thorpe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5970-8359)
- John Cashy
- Walid F. Gellad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6992-5197)
- Florentina E. Sileanu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2595-309X)
- Maria K. Mor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5871-0000)
- Timothy S. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5384-275X)
- Megan E. Vanneman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3013-1362)
- Thomas R. Radomski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7279-188X)
- Yaming Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-4764)
- Michael J. Fine
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System (US)
- Department of Health (TW)
- Philadelphia VA Medical Center (US)
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (US)
- Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior (US)
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-07-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.70001
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Health Services Research and Development