Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Mortality: Evidence from Variation in Services Offered

Mark McInerney ()

No 2018-21, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: In this paper, I estimate the impact of substance abuse treatment facilities on the opioid related death rate and other outcomes that may be impacted by the opioid epidemic. Identifying variation comes from the opening and closing of treatment facilities at the county level. I exploit a new source of variation, variation across treatment facilities based on services offered and insurance type accepted. I find significant heterogeneity across treatment facilities. Treatment centers offering Medication Assisted Treatment and accepting Medicaid have a larger negative impact on the opioid related death rate than other treatment facilities.

Keywords: substance use disorder; substance abuse treatment; Opioid epidemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I13 I14 R1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2018-11
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