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Join Health Affairs tomorrow September 3 for a free virtual briefing on our September theme issue on opioids.

S Y S T E M I C   B A R R I E R S

The Opioid Crisis: Scaling Up Treatment And Harm Reduction Programs To Reach More People Who Would Benefit

Brendan Saloner and Pooja Lagisetty

Improving Policy Evaluations Of The Opioid Crisis

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula et al.

G A P S   I N   C A R E

Fewer Than 1 In 3 Adolescents With Past-Year Opioid Use Disorder Received Substance Use Treatment, 2022–23

Manuel Cano et al.

Improving Access To Substance Use Disorder Care In Nursing Facilities

Lauren A. Kelly et al.

Black, Hispanic, And Asian Adults In The US Had Substantially Lower Engagement On The Naloxone Care Cascade, 2024

Lindsay Allen et al.

C A R E   B Y   P A Y E R

The Quality Of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment In Medicare Is Low And Lags Behind Medicaid

Tami L. Mark et al.

Medicaid Enrollees With Opioid Use Disorder Were More Likely To Receive Medication Treatment Than Commercial Enrollees

Karen Shen et al.

States With Substantial Increases In Buprenorphine Uptake Did So With Increased Medicaid Prescribing, 2018–24

Stephen Crystal et al.

Brendan Saloner Explains the Opioid Crisis & What Can Be Done

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Brendan Saloner of Brown University about his recent paper exploring how scaling up opioid treatment and harm reduction programs could reach more people.

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