Comparing the Care, Distance Traveled, and Health Workforce Clinician Mix for Rural and Urban Commercially Insured Enrollees With Opioid Use Disorder
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Description
Examines characteristics of opioid treatment in rural and urban communities across the United States. Utilizes 2019 commercial claims data from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) to analyze rural versus urban differences in opioid use disorder and overdose diagnoses, healthcare utilization, healthcare visits by clinician type, average distance traveled to utilize healthcare, and location of received care.
Author(s)
C. Holly A. Andrilla, Sara C. Woolcock, Lisa A. Garberson, Janessa M. Graves
Date
04/2026
Organization
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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· Behavioral health workforce
· Health disparities
· Illicit drug use
· Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses
· Physicians
· Prescription drug misuse
· Rural-urban differences
· Specialty care
· Statistics and data