Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/66596, first published .
Health Services Usage in Patients Receiving Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder or Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: Retrospective Cohort Study

Health Services Usage in Patients Receiving Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder or Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: Retrospective Cohort Study

Health Services Usage in Patients Receiving Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder or Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: Retrospective Cohort Study

Samuel T Savitz   1 , PhD ;   Maria A Stevens   1 , MA, MPH, PhD ;   Bidisha Nath   2 , MPH, MBBS ;   Gail D'Onofrio   2, 3, 4 , MS, MD ;   Edward R Melnick   2, 5 , MHS, MD ;   Molly M Jeffery   1, 6 , PhD

1 Division of Health Care Delivery Research, Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

3 Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

4 Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

5 Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

6 Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Samuel T Savitz, PhD
  • Division of Health Care Delivery Research
  • Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery
  • Mayo Clinic
  • 200 1st Street SW, CSHCD – Harwick 2nd Floor
  • Rochester, MN 55905
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 919-259-0843
  • Email: Savitz.Samuel@mayo.edu