This NIDA funded study will allow us to analyze program and client data to understand post-Medicaid pathways for increasing MAT access and engagement reducing gender disparities in OUD treatment.

We will identify multilevel approaches to improve treatment access and engagement through identifying: (a) health disparities in susceptible populations, (b) increasing knowledge of how client risks and program can effect disparities, and (c) focusing on gender-specific practices to reduce these differences in access and engagement of treatment. This research is innovative because it draws from unique data to understand the role of individual and program characteristics, as well as clients’ travel distance to understand how to improve engagement of minority women in MAT.