Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Lead Story: Association Between Buprenorphine Treatment Gaps, Opioid Overdose, and Health Care Spending in US Medicare Beneficiaries With Opioid Use Disorder
JAMA Psychiatry
In this case-control study of 34,505 Medicare beneficiaries, patients had greater risk of experiencing an opioid overdose and higher health care expenditures in buprenorphine treatment gap months compared with treated months. Buprenorphine nonadherence is associated with an increased risk of opioid overdose and higher health care spending in Medicare.
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