Healio (4/20, Herpen) reports, “Communities with greater social vulnerability did not have greater geographic access to medication for opioid use disorder [OUD],” researchers concluded in a “cross-sectional geospatial analysis of more than 198 million individuals between the ages 18 and 64 years, within 32,432 U.S. ZIP code tabulation areas.” The findings were published online April 19 in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “Communities with greater social vulnerability lack geographic access to opioid medication “Robert Herpen, Healio, April 20, 2022