Objective There are several treatment options for patients suffering from lumbar spinal
stenosis, including surgical and conservative care. Interspinous spacer decompression …

Background To support public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, oral opioid
agonist treatment (OAT) take-home doses were expanded in Western countries with positive …

Importance Patients qualifying for Medicare disability have the highest rates of opioid use
compared with older Medicare beneficiaries and commercial insurance beneficiaries …

BackgroundChronic pain has been extensively explored as a risk factor for opioid misuse,
resulting in increased focus on opioid prescribing practices for individuals with such …

Introduction This study aimed to determine the prevalence of treated and untreated
substance use disorders among Medicare beneficiaries, the characteristics of Medicare …

Introduction Opioid-involved overdose mortality is a persistent public health challenge, yet
limited evidence exists on the relationship between opioid use disorder treatment after a …

We examined Medicare Part D claims from the period 2015–19 to identify state and national
racial and ethnic disparities in buprenorphine receipt among Medicare disability …

We aimed to identify differences in prescription opioid-related behaviors between adults with
and without disabilities in the US We analyzed data from the 2015–2017 National Survey on …

Abstract Background Medicare disability beneficiaries (MDBs) have disproportionately high
risk of opioid use disorder (OUD) and related harms given high rates of comorbidities and …

Background Medicare coverage excludes some levels of substance use disorder (SUD)
care, such as intensive outpatient and residential treatment. Expanding access to SUD …