About The Study: Medicare Advantage-enrolled and commercially insured individuals were disproportionately more likely to use telehealth, with overall substance use disorder treatment (SUDT) increasing over time. Medicaid-covered individuals were underrepresented within telehealth SUDT utilization, with overall SUDT declining. This finding raises equity concerns for Medicaid populations. For rural individuals, telehealth may be reducing disparities, with overall SUDT increasing throughout the public health emergency to a greater extent than for urban individuals.
Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Lauryn Saxe Walker, PhD, MPH, email lauryn@vahealthinnovation.org .
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