Comparison of Use Rates of Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorder During and Following COVID-19 Safety Distancing Recommendations: Two Cross-Sectional Surveys

Adrijana Pusnik   ^{1 *} , BSN, RN, MPH ;   Bryan Hartzler   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Olivia Vjorn   ^{1 *} , MS ;   Beth A Rutkowski   ^{3 *} , MPH ;   Michael Chaple   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Sara Becker   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Thomas Freese   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Maureen Nichols   ^{6 *} , BA ;   Todd Molfenter   ^{1 *} , PhD

¹ Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS), Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States

² Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States

³ Integrated Substance Use and Addiction Programs, Division of Addiction Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁴ New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division of Substance Use Disorders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY, United States

⁵ Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

⁶ Addiction Research Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States

*all authors contributed equally