Table 3.
Pregnant people with OUD admitted to prisons (n= 117) N (%) | Pregnant people with OUD admitted to jails (n= 50) N (%)* | |
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Detoxification | 36 (31) | 16 (33) |
Detoxification without medication∫ | 5 (14) | 0 |
Detoxification with medication | 31 (86) | 16 (100) |
MOUD (initiated in custody or continued from the community) | 81 (69) | 37 (73) |
Methadone | 63 (78) | 30 |
Buprenorphine | 18 (22) | 7 |
Jails reported 50 pregnant women with OUD were admitted, but reported a total of 53 admitted women who went through detoxification or placed on MOUD. This discrepancy between diagnosis of OUD and interventions for OUD may be due to under-classification of OUD diagnosis.
Medication for detoxification included non-opioid medications or opioids that were not continued for maintenance.