Postpartum Follow-up Care for Pregnant Persons With Opioid Use Disorder and Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Marian Jarlenski; Qingwen Chen; Katherine A Ahrens; Lindsay Allen; Anna E Austin; Catherine Chappell; Julie M Donohue; Lindsay Hammerslag; Paul Lanier; Mary Joan McDuffie; Jeffrey Talbert; Lu Tang; Elizabeth E Krans; Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN)

doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000004760

Postpartum Follow-up Care for Pregnant Persons With Opioid Use Disorder and Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Obstet Gynecol. 2022 May 1;139(5):916-918. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004760. Epub 2022 Apr 5.

Authors

Marian Jarlenski¹, Qingwen Chen, Katherine A Ahrens, Lindsay Allen, Anna E Austin, Catherine Chappell, Julie M Donohue, Lindsay Hammerslag, Paul Lanier, Mary Joan McDuffie, Jeffrey Talbert, Lu Tang, Elizabeth E Krans; Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN)

Affiliation

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine; the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership, West Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, West Virginia; the Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, Kentucky; the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; the Center for Community Research and Service, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware; and the Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Abstract

Among Medicaid-enrolled pregnant persons with opioid use disorder, one third are diagnosed with hepatitis C virus, but only 6% receive postpartum follow-up or medication treatment.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aftercare
Female
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C* / drug therapy
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders* / epidemiology
Opioid-Related Disorders* / therapy
Postpartum Period
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / drug therapy

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding