Post-Hospital Access to Preferred and High-Quality Skilled Nursing Facilities for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

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Examines access to preferred and high-quality skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) among Medicare beneficiaries with opioid use disorder (OUD). Utilizes 2017-2021 Medicare inpatient claims data to analyze 6,490,593 patients with OUD and their likelihood to enter preferred and high-quality SNFs according to patient demographics and urbanicity of metro, micro, small town, or rural.

Talia S. Benheim, Momotazur Rahman, Andrew R. Zullo, et al.

Health Services Research, 61(2), e70110

04/2026

Access · Healthcare quality · Illicit drug use · Long-term care · Prescription drug misuse · Rural-urban differences · Specialty care · Statistics and data