By Bob Kronemyer
A prospective study of simulated patient callers found that women with opioid use disorder (OUD)—especially those who are pregnant—experience significant challenges in appointment scheduling, wait time and out-of-pocket costs for treatment.
The study, published in JAMA Network Open (2020;3[8]:e2013456), used “secret shoppers” from March to September 2019, to impersonate 10,871 unique patient profiles of reproductive-age women (pregnant or not, public or