Strategies to support substance use disorder care transitions from acute-care to community-based settings: A Scoping review and typology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute-care interventions that identify patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), initiate treatment, and link patients to community-based services, have proliferated in recent years. Yet, much is unknown about the specific strategies being used to support continuity of care from emergency department (ED) or inpatient hospital settings to community-based SUD treatment. In this scoping review, we synthesize the existing literature on patient transition interventions, and form an initial typology of reported strategies.

Methods

We searched Pubmed, Embase, CINAHL and PsychINFO for peer-reviewed articles published between 2000-2021 that studied interventions linking SUD patients from ED or inpatient hospital settings to community-based SUD services. Eligible articl

SUBMITTER: Krawczyk N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10168484 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature