Use of medication for opioid use disorder among adolescents, adults

What The Study Did: This survey study found that rates of receiving medication for opioid use disorder were low among people who could have benefited from treatment, especially adolescents and older adults.

Authors: Pia M. Mauro, Ph.D., of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.3821)

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