TABLE 2.
Average Monthly and Cumulative Change in Starting and Ending Medicaid Buprenorphine Treatment Episodes Post-Unwinding, by Unwinding Status
| Change in Starting Episodes | Change in Ending Episodes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average (%) (95% CI) | Cumulative (n) | Average (%) (95% CI) | Cumulative (n) | |
| State unwinding status | ||||
| Greatest unwinding | −3.9 (−7.3, −0.6) | −1843 | 5.5 (0.8, 10.1) | 2320 |
| Moderate unwinding | −2.4 (−6.1, 1.2) | −2580 | 2.2 (−2.6, 6.9) | 1806 |
| Least unwinding | −2.0 (−5.6, 1.6) | −1333 | 2.2 (−1.8, 6.3) | 1224 |
| Overall | −2.6 (−5.3, 0.1) | −5756 | 3.0 (−1.1, 7.0) | 5350 |
| Medicaid unwinding status | ||||
| Greatest unwinding | 2.7 (1.6, 3.7) | 3515 | 5.8 (5.0, 6.6) | 6172 |
| Moderate unwinding | 0.0 (−1.0, 1.1) | 86 | 2.2 (1.3, 3.1) | 3485 |
| Least unwinding | −2.0 (−3.2, −0.8) | −3031 | 0.5 (−0.3, 1.4) | 643 |
| Overall | 0.1 (−0.7, 1.0) | 570 | 2.7 (1.9, 3.4) | 10,300 |