Gaps in access to opioid use disorder treatment for medicare beneficiaries

Samantha J. Harris; Amanda J. Abraham; Christina M. Andrews; Courtney R. Yarbrough

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00309

Gaps in access to opioid use disorder treatment for medicare beneficiaries

Samantha J. Harris, Amanda J. Abraham, Christina M. Andrews, Courtney R. Yarbrough

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In 2016 only 13.8 percent of substance use disorder treatment programs offered medication treatment for opioid use disorder for older adults who used Medicare to pay for treatment. With increasing demand for treatment among older adults and a rapidly aging population, improved access to medication treatment for this population is needed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	233-237
Number of pages	5
Journal	Health Affairs
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00309
State	Published - Feb 2020
Externally published	Yes

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