Medication for Opioid Use Disorder

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June 13, 2024 Research Highlights

Informing Evidence-Based Medicine for Opioid Use Disorder Using Pharmacoeconomic Studies

Since 2021, over 100,000 individuals have died each year from a drug overdose, with approximately 76 percent of those deaths involving opioids.  As the US health care system contends with this growing health crisis, improved access to evidence-based medication treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) is imperative. Pharmacoeconomics, a branch of health economics used to evaluate comparative clinical, person-centered, and economic outcomes […]

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