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Medicaid expansion improved access to medication for the justice‐involved
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.33041
Subject(s) - medicaid , opioid use disorder , economic justice , criminal justice , population , psychiatry , medicine , criminology , opioid , environmental health , psychology , political science , health care , law , receptor
Medicaid expansion is improving access to evidence‐based medication treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) among individuals referred by the criminal justice system, suggests a new study based on national treatment admissions data. However, medication treatment for the justice‐involved population still lags substantially behind medication treatment for those referred by other sources, suggesting that other barriers to effective care for justice‐involved individuals persist.