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Medication Improves Age Disparities in Six-Month Treatment Retention for Opioid Use Disorder

2020-02-23 addiction medicine Title + abstract only
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Background and AimsAdolescents with opioid use disorder (OUD) are an understudied and vulnerable population. We examined the association between age and six-month treatment retention, and whether any such association was moderated by medication treatment. MethodsIn this retrospective cohort study, we used an insurance database with OUD treatment claims from 2006-2016. We examined 261,356 OUD treatment episodes in three age groups: adolescents (ages 12-17), young adults (18-25) and older adults ...

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