# Quality of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Medicaid-enrollees: The Effects of State Policies and Intiatives

> **NIH NIH R01** · RAND CORPORATION · 2021 · $668,535

## Abstract

Project Summary
Opioid use disorders are a significant public health crisis, and medication treatment is the most effective
intervention for individuals with opioid use disorder. State policies and initiatives have increased medication
treatment utilization over the last decade, but increased utilization without attention to quality of care might limit
the public health benefits of medication treatment. Many states have begun implementing policies and
initiatives to improve quality, although with little empirical support of their effectiveness in real world settings.
This project will characterize how quality care for Medicaid-enrollees receiving medication treatment for opioid
use disorder and related health outcomes have changed over time, overall, and among historically
underserved and high-risk populations. We will then examine the extent to which policies and initiatives that
increase access and those aimed at improving quality are associated with better quality of care and related
health outcomes, overall, and for historically underserved and high-risk populations

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10146323
- **Project number:** 5R01DA045800-04
- **Recipient organization:** RAND CORPORATION
- **Principal Investigator:** BRADLEY D STEIN
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $668,535
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-07-01 → 2022-10-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10146323

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10146323, Quality of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Medicaid-enrollees: The Effects of State Policies and Intiatives (5R01DA045800-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10146323. Licensed CC0.

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