Skip to main content
. 2020 Jan 21;35(5):1537–1544. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05645-0

Table 3.

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder After Non-Fatal Overdose by Medication Type

Medication type After overdose, n (%) Unadjusted odds ratio p value Adjusted odds ratio p value
Any MOUD (n = 526, 3.2%)
  White 379 (2.9) Reference Reference
  Black 107 (4.6) 1.64 (1.31, 2.04) < 0.001 1.55 (1.22, 1.96) < 0.001
  Hispanic 40 (5.5) 1.97 (1.41, 2.75) < 0.001 1.76 (1.21, 2.56) 0.003
Buprenorphine (n = 212, 1.3%)
  White 168 (1.3) Reference Reference
  Black 25 (1.1) 0.85 (0.55, 1.29) 0.44 0.97 (0.62, 1.51) 0.90
  Hispanic 19 (2.6) 2.08 (1.29, 3.37) 0.003 1.96 (1.16, 3.32) 0.01
Methadone (n = 307, 1.9%)
  White 202 (1.5) Reference Reference
  Black 84 (3.6) 2.42 (1.87, 3.13) < 0.001 1.91 (1.44, 2.53) < 0.001
  Hispanic 21 (2.9) 1.92 (1.21, 3.02) 0.005 1.59 (0.96, 2.63) 0.07
Naltrexone (n = 61, 0.4%)
  White 49 (0.4) Reference Reference
  Black 5 (0.2) 0.58 (0.23, 1.46) 0.25 0.61 (0.24, 1.57) 0.30
  Hispanic 7 (1.0) 2.61 (1.18, 5.78) 0.02 2.22 (0.93, 5.30) 0.07

Adjusted models control for categorical age, sex, Gagne Index, prescription insurance status, driving distance to the nearest VA primary clinic, region, rurality, and VA priority status