TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Under 2% of Medicaid-covered youths get MAT after OD: study JO - Alcohol and drug abuse weekly A1 - Knopf, Alison SP - 6 EP - 6 VL - 32 IS - 3 N2 - Fewer than one-third of youths receive addiction treatment after an opioid overdose, and only one in 54 receive pharmacotherapy (methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone), a study published in JAMA Pediatrics reports. The researchers urge interventions to link these youths to treatment after an overdose, and call for improving access to medications: methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone.

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