Patient brokering in for-profit substance use disorder treatment: a qualitative study with people with opioid use disorder and professionals in the field.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioid use and opioid overdose deaths are at an all-time high and evidence-based treatments for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) are underutilized. Therefore, we sought to understand experiences and perceptions of abuses in the for-profit substance use disorder treatment industry that could potentially put people with OUD at an increased risk for an overdose.

Methods

One-on-one semi-structured interviews were conducted from November 2018 to May 2019 in Southern California with 20 people with OUD and 20 professionals who work in the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment field. A grounded theory approach was conducted to discover emerging patterns from the data.

Results

Three major themes emerged:1) financial and material enticements, 2) encouraging sub

SUBMITTER: Clingan SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10629128 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature