This study provides empirical information suggesting court-mandated treatment may be a more effective treatment pathway for opioid use disorder (OUD). To examine the effects of mandated treatment for prescription opioid users, we consider the differences in discharge completion rates for court-mandated and non-mandated treatment for both males and females. We use the Treatment Episode Data Set-Discharges (TEDS-D) from 2015 to 2017 with 13,239, 14,765, and 15,433 cases, respectively, to study successful completion rates for males and females with OUD. Logistic regression analysis confirms a greater completion rate for mandated treatment episodes. Of all mandated females, 59% completed treatment in each of the 3 years as compared to the 59%, 65%, and 64% of successful completion for mandated males, respectively, from 2015 to 2017. Our results suggest court-mandated treatment pathways are more effective on treatment completion for individuals with OUD, yet treatment completion disparity between sexes increases even when females are mandated.

这项研究提供的经验信息表明，法院强制治疗可能是阿片类药物使用障碍 (OUD) 的更有效治疗途径。为了检查强制治疗对处方阿片类药物使用者的影响，我们考虑了男性和女性法院强制和非强制治疗的出院完成率差异。我们使用 2015 年至 2017 年的治疗事件数据集-出院 (TEDS-D) 分别包含 13,239、14,765 和 15,433 例病例，研究男性和女性患有 OUD 的成功完成率。Logistic 回归分析证实了强制治疗发作的更高完成率。在所有授权的女性中，59% 的人在 3 年中的每一年都完成了治疗，而 2015 年至 2017 年期间，授权男性的成功完成率分别为 59%、65% 和 64%。