2023
Estimated Costs and Outcomes Associated With Use and Nonuse of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder During Incarceration and at Release in Massachusetts
Chatterjee A, Weitz M, Savinkina A, Macmadu A, Madushani R, Potee R, Ryan D, Murphy S, Walley A, Linas B. Estimated Costs and Outcomes Associated With Use and Nonuse of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder During Incarceration and at Release in Massachusetts. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e237036. PMID: 37058306, PMCID: PMC10105308, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.7036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalgesics, OpioidBuprenorphineDrug OverdoseHumansMassachusettsNaltrexoneOpioid-Related DisordersConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioIncremental costCost-effectiveness ratioEconomic evaluationEconomic studiesOpioid use disorderXR-naltrexoneOverdose deathsTreatment startQALYOverdose mortalityUse disordersCostExtended-release naltrexoneTreatment costsDiscontinue medicationsMOUD accessQALYsOpen cohortMost prisonsIncarcerated individualsMOUD treatmentTreatment strategiesMoneyFatal overdoses
2021
Projected Estimates of Opioid Mortality After Community-Level Interventions
Linas BP, Savinkina A, Madushani RWMA, Wang J, Yazdi G, Chatterjee A, Walley AY, Morgan JR, Epstein RL, Assoumou SA, Murphy SM, Schackman BR, Chrysanthopoulou SA, White LF, Barocas JA. Projected Estimates of Opioid Mortality After Community-Level Interventions. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2037259. PMID: 33587136, PMCID: PMC7885041, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-level interventionsOverdose mortalityOpioid overdoseUse of MOUDDistribution of naloxoneOpioid overdose deathsDecision analytical modelOpioid overdose ratesMOUD retentionOUD populationOpioid mortalityMAIN OUTCOMEMOUDNaloxone distributionOverdose deathsOverdose ratesSingle interventionMortalityNaloxoneInterventionMonthsOverdoseProjected estimatesHuman ServicesOutcomes