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  • Epidemiology
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Background:

  • The U.S. opioid epidemic disproportionately impacts rural areas with limited treatment access.
  • Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) offer medication and counseling but their impact in rural settings is unclear.
  • Understanding OTP effectiveness is crucial for addressing regional opioid crises.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between the presence of opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and opioid-related death rates in the U.S. South.
  • To determine if OTPs reduce opioid deaths in rural versus urban counties.
  • To examine the impact of both in-county and neighboring county OTPs.

Main Methods:

  • Coarsened exact matching (CEM) to balance treated and untreated counties on demographics and prior opioid deaths (2011-2013).
  • Analysis of two treatment conditions: county OTP presence and neighboring county OTP presence in 2013.
  • Weighted least square regression and propensity score matching, with separate analyses for rural and urban counties.

Main Results:

  • The presence of an OTP showed no significant statistical association with opioid death rates or changes in future opioid deaths (2014-2016) in rural or urban counties.
  • Proximity to an OTP in a neighboring county also demonstrated a similar lack of association with reduced opioid deaths.
  • No significant difference in impact was observed between rural and urban county analyses.

Conclusions:

  • Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) were not found to be associated with decreased opioid-related deaths in the U.S. South in the short term.
  • The lack of association may be influenced by external factors not accounted for in the study.
  • Further investigation into diverse strategies is recommended to combat the rural opioid crisis.