Frazier, Winfred
(2017)
Medication-assisted treatment and opioid use response to opioid overdose sentinel events.
Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.
Abstract
Introduction A nonfatal overdose due to opioids can be viewed as a failure to adequately treat addiction or as an opportunity to start or improve treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). It is important to determine how patients are being treated before and after an overdose. Primary care providers are at the forefront of the opioid epidemic and have the potential to influence opioid prescribing habits and treatment of OUD. Evaluation of the opioid epidemic leading to potential solutions has significant public health relevance. Objective To determine treatment utilization before and after nonfatal overdoses. Methods We conducted a longitudinal retrospective cohort study of Pennsylvania Medicaid patients aged 12-64 with a nonfatal opioid or heroin overdose event between 2008-2013. We measured unduplicated patient-level univariate descriptive statistics for demographic and treatment utilization 6 months before and 6 months after an overdose. We identified inpatient, outpatient, and pharmacy claims data from Pennsylvania’s managed care and fee-for-service Medicaid programs. We excluded Non-Pennsylvania residents, those dually-eligible for Medicare, age 64, and non-opioid or non-heroin overdoses for a total of 7,690 enrollees. We evaluated the following demographic factors: age, gender, and race. The main outcome measure was OUD medication-assisted treatment (MAT) utilization: methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone. Secondary outcome measures included the length (days) supply of prescription opioids pre and post-overdose. Results Among 3,009 enrollees who had a heroin overdose and 4,989 who had a prescription opioid overdose, most were 90 days duration of opioids did not change in the heroin group pre- to post-overdose (9.4% to 9.0%, P =0.07) but decreased in the opioid group (32.2% to 28.3%, P
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Unpublished |
| Creators/Authors: |
| Creators | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID  |
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| Frazier, Winfred | wtf8@pitt.edu | WTF8 | |
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| Contributors: |
| Contribution | Contributors Name | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID |
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| Committee Chair | Donohue, Julie | jdonohue@pitt.edu | jdonohue | UNSPECIFIED | | Committee Member | Han, Jonathan | hanxjk@UPMC.EDU | hanxjk | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Date: |
29 April 2017 |
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Submission |
| Publisher: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Public Health > Health Policy & Management |
| Degree: |
MPH - Master of Public Health |
| Thesis Type: |
Master Essay |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Aug 2017 21:42 |
| Last Modified: |
27 Jul 2022 10:56 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/31236 |
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