Impact of study design decisions on identification of treatment initiators of medications for opioid use disorder
The choice of lookback window duration and washout criteria in research on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) presents tradeoffs between cohort sample size, demographic characteristics, and misclassification of treatment initiation. This study offers practical guidance for researchers planning to perform comparative studies in MOUD.
Authors
- Katie J. Suda
- Katelin B. Nickel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4116-512X)
- Anne M. Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7307-6864)
- Rachael K. Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2049-6918)
- Andrew Atkinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5834-8315)
- Payel Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8177-2058)
- Michael J. Durkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-7089)
- Ryan Colvin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3698-7457)
Institutions
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Addiction
- Published
- 2025-12-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70288
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.63
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
- National Institutes of Health
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences