Social ecological factors and medication treatment for opioid use disorder among justice-involved rural and urban persons: the G eographic variation in A ddiction T reatment E xperiences (GATE) longitudinal cohort study protocol.

The GATE study was reviewed and approved by the University of Kentucky's Institutional Review Board prior to implementation. Findings will be disseminated through presentations at scientific and professional association conferences, peer-reviewed journal publications and a summary aggregate report submitted to the Kentucky Department of Corrections.