Opioid Crisis: How States Have Financed Treatment December 7, 2018
Through its Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Initiative, Pew works to advance state and federal policies that address the toll of substance misuse, including expanded access to evidence-based treatment.
Medication-Assisted Treatment is Effective • Medication-assisted treatment reduces: o Illicit opioid use o Overdose risk and fatalities o Unplanned health care utilization o Criminal activity • And increases patients’ adherence to treatment Sources: Mattick RP et al., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2009;3:CD002209; Comer SD et al. JAMA Psych. 2006;63:210- 8; Fudala PJ et al., NEJM. 2003 ;10:949-58; Schwartz RP et al. AJPH. 2013;103,917-22;. Tsui JI et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174:1974-81; Metzger DS et al., J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1993;6:1049-56.
A Variety of Medications Are Available for Opioid Use Disorder Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts, “Medication - Assisted Treatment Improves Outcomes for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder,” November 22, 2016, http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2016/11/medication-assisted-treatment- improves-outcomes-for-patients-with-opioid-use-disorder.
Perspectives on State Successes in Using Medicaid to Expand Access to OUD Treatment
Moderator : Alaina McBournie
Speaker : Dr. Kate Neuhausen
Speaker : Dr. Gil Liu
Speaker : Tracy Plouck
Opioid Crisis: How States Have Financed Treatment December 7, 2018
Addressing OUD for Criminal Justice Populations: Availability of Medications & Funding
Moderator : Dr. Alex Duncan
Speaker : Steven Seitchik
Speaker : Audrey Vincent
Speaker : Dr. Shawn Ryan
Speaker : Senator Wil Schroder
Opioid Crisis: How States Have Financed Treatment December 7, 2018
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