Disparities in Substance Use Disorder Telehealth Services

Lauryn Saxe Walker, Manying Cui, Jonathan H. Cantor, Melody Craff, Cheryl L. Damberg, John N. Mafi, Katherine L. Kahn

ResearchPosted on rand.org Feb 14, 2025Published in: JAMA Network Open, Volume 8, No. 2, e2459606 (February 2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.59606

Telehealth has become a critical modality for substance use disorder treatment (SUDT) and focus of state and federal policy. Telehealth offers the potential to decrease disparities in SUDT for Medicaid and rural populations by reducing challenges with transportation and workforce shortage areas. Using nationwide claims data throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), we examine telehealth's association with changes in disparities in SUDT utilization across payers and rurality.

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  • Copyright: Lauryn Saxe Walker, Manying Cui, Jonathan Cantor, Melody Craff, Cheryl L. Damberg, John N. Mafi, Katherine L. Kahn ; Open Access
  • Publisher: JAMA Network
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2025
  • Pages: 4
  • Document Number: EP-70858

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