Receipt of addiction treatment after opioid overdose among Medicaid-enrolled adolescents and young adults
JAMA Jan 14, 2020
Alinsky RH, Zima BT, Rodean J, et al. - This retrospective cohort study was intended to analyze characteristics of youths who experience nonfatal overdose with heroin or other opioids and to assess the percentage of youths receiving timely evidence-based treatment. They applied the 2009-2015 Truven–IBM Watson Health MarketScan Medicaid claims database from 16 deidentified states representing all US census regions. They recruited a sum of 4039,216 Medicaid-enrolled youths aged 13 to 22 years between April 20, 2018 and March 21, 2019. They distinguished sociodemographic and clinical characteristics linked with receipt of timely treatment as well as with incident and recurrent overdoses. They noted that less than one-third of youths received timely addiction treatment after opioid overdose, and only 1 in 54 youths received recommended evidence-based pharmacotherapy. With priority placed on improving access to pharmacotherapy, interventions are urgently required to link youths to treatment after overdose.
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