25 The association of a documented prescription of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) during pregnancy with maternal outcomes

Abstract

Objectives/Goals: Opioid use disorder (OUD) at delivery increased between 1999 and 2014. Clinical guidelines include medication for OUD (MOUD) for pregnant women with OUD and is associated with better fetal outcomes. Few large studies have compared prenatal MOUD outcomes to no MOUD. We evaluated the association of documented MOUD prescription during pregnancy with maternal outcomes. Methods/Study Population: We utilized aggregated electronic health records using the TriNetX platform to conduct a retrospective cohort study of females, aged 1249 years with a childbirth CPT code and documented opioid use via ICD-10 codes in the nine months before delivery between 2014 and 2020, comparing patients with MOUD prescription of buprenorphine or methadone during the nine months before delivery to demographically matched patients without any documented MOUD, using hazard ratios and 95% CIs for outcomes occurring one week to one or three years after childbirth. Results/Anticipated Results: MOUD cohort (n = 6,945, 85.33% White; 82.77% Non-Hispanic or Latino) was associated with significantly higher subsequent documented MOUD prescription (HR, 9.26 [95% CI, 7.98–10.76]; 6.21 [95% CI, 5.60–6.88]) and new remission codes (HR, 2.79 [95% CI, 2.15–3.62]; 2.85 [95% CI, 2.38–3.40]) at one and three years, lower ED visits at one year (HR, 0.88 [95% CI, 0.81–0.96]), no significant association of ED visits at three years (0.95 [95% CI, 0.89–1.02]), higher outpatient visits (HR, 1.26 [95% CI, 1.20–1.32]; HR, 1.27 [95% CI, 1.21–1.33], and no significant association of inpatient visits at one and three years (HR, 0.93 [95% CI, 0.813–1.06]; 1.06 [95% CI, 0.96–1.18]) than the never-MOUD cohort (n = 4,708, 76.11% White; 75.68% non-Hispanic or Latino). Discussion/Significance of Impact: A documented prescription for MOUD during pregnancy is associated with newly documented remission of OUD, increased outpatient visits, decreased ED visits, and additional documented MOUD prescriptions suggestive of increased access to continuity care. Efforts to increase MOUD use in pregnancy may improve maternal outcomes.