Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Access Increases in Areas With Large Medicaid Population (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Access Increases in Areas With Large Medicaid Population

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Researchers report that in communities where Medicaid is a more common source of insurance, providers of buprenorphine, an effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), are much less likely to discriminate between Medicaid and privately insured prospective patients, but patients with either type of coverage still face many barriers to obtaining an initial appointment for treatment.

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Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy

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