- Using national Medicaid claims data from the period 2016-20, we examined racial and ethnic disparities in medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) initiation after ED visits for opioid overdose.
- Overall, 6.4 percent of Medicaid ED visits were associated with a claim for MOUD within thirty days.
- The findings suggest that policy and clinical efforts to increase MOUD use among the Medicaid population from racial and ethnic minority groups may be warranted.
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Nguyen, T., Jiao, Y., Lee, S. S., Lagisetty, P., Bohnert, A., Kocher, K. E., & Chua, K. P. (2025). Medicaid Patients With ED Visits For Overdose: Disparities In Initiation Of Medications For Opioid Use Disorder. Health affairs (Project Hope), 44(5), 622–630. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00984
