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ArticleSubstance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2021

Tailoring services in opioid treatment programs for patients involved in America's criminal justice system: national associations and variation by state and Medicaid expansion status.

George Pro, Brooke E E Montgomery, Nickolas Zaller

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Article in Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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George ProSouthern Public Health and Criminal Justice Research Center and the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA. gcpro@uams.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8901-9012
Brooke E E MontgomerySouthern Public Health and Criminal Justice Research Center and the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Nickolas ZallerSouthern Public Health and Criminal Justice Research Center and the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · USArkansas Department of Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOpioid treatment programs (OTPs) are the primary source of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for many individuals with opioid use disorder, including poor and uninsured patients and those involved in the criminal justice (CJ) system. Substance use treatment services that are tailored to the unique needs of patients often produce better outcomes, but little national research has addressed characteristics associated with whether OTPs offer services specifically tailored to community members involved in the CJ system. Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has broadly strengthened MAT services, but the role of expansion in supporting MAT services that are specifically tailored towards CJ-involved populations remains unknown. Moreover, it is unknown whether the availability of tailored services varies between Medicaid expansion states.

methodsWe used the 2019 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services to identify OTPs in the US (n = 1679) and whether they offered services specifically tailored for CJ-involved patients. We used logistic regression to model the association between OTPs offering tailored services and state Medicaid expansion status, adjusted for state-level opioid overdose and community supervision rates.

resultsNationally, only a quarter of OTPs offered services tailored to CJ populations, and the majority of OTPs (73%) were located in Medicaid expansion states. Compared to OTPs in non-expansion states, OTPs in expansion states demonstrated nearly double the odds of offering tailored services (adjusted odds ratio = 1.90, 95% confidence interval = 1.41-2.57, p < 0.0001). The predicted probability of offering tailored services varied by state; probability estimates for all expansion states were above the national mean, and estimates for all non-expansion states were below the national mean.

conclusionOur findings reiterate the role of Medicaid in promoting the adoption of comprehensive OTP services for CJ-involved populations. However, the proportion of OTPs that offered tailored services was relatively low, pointing to the need to continually strengthen Medicaid services and coverage.

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Analgesics, OpioidOpioid-Related DisordersPrisonersCriminal LawHealth Services AccessibilityHumansMedicaidPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActUnited StatesAnalgesics, OpioidCriminal justiceEpidemiologyOpioid treatment programsOpioid use disorder

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