Accepted for Publication: May 12, 2021.
Published: July 23, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18223
Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2021 Joudrey PJ et al. JAMA Network Open.
Corresponding Author: Paul J. Joudrey, MD, MPH, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 367 Cedar St, Harkness Hall A, New Haven, CT 06520 (paul.joudrey@yale.edu).
Author Contributions: Dr Joudrey had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Drs Edelman and Wang are co–senior authors.
Concept and design: Joudrey, Bach, Kimmel, Sung, You Kheang, E. Wang, Edelman.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.
Drafting of the manuscript: Joudrey, Guerra, Medley, Sung, You Kheang, E. Wang.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.
Statistical analysis: Joudrey, Chaiton, Kimmel, Medley, Zhang.
Obtained funding: Joudrey.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Adams, Van Buren, Chaiton, Ehrenfeld, Guerra, Medley, You Kheang, Zhang.
Supervision: Bach, E. Wang, Edelman.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Bach reported grants from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research outside the submitted work. Dr Kimmel reported personal fees from Abt Associates for work as a consultant on access to medications for opioid use disorder in nursing facilities and personal fees from the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Fees for lecturing about medications for opioid use disorder and harm reduction as part of the opioid response network outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: Funding for this publication was provided by grant number 5K12DA033312 (Dr Joudrey), L30 DA052056 (Dr Joudrey), and 1UM1DA049412-01 (Dr Kimmel) from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a component of the National Institutes of Health.
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Meeting Presentation: Data from this work was presented during the College on the Problems of Drug Dependence COVID-19 Impacts on SUD Research Webinar; October 29, 2020.
Additional Contributions: We thank Kim Jiang for her completion of standardized patient calls for this project. She was not compensated.
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