Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinics for People With Problematic Opioid Use.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

New approaches are needed to provide care for individuals with problematic opioid use (POU). Rapid access addiction medicine (RAAM) clinics offer a flexible, low-barrier, rapid access care model for this population.

Objective

To assess the associations of RAAM clinics with emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality for people with POU.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort study involving a matched control group was performed using health administrative data from Ontario, Canada. Anonymized data from 4 Ontario RAAM clinics (cities of Ottawa, Toronto, Oshawa, and Sudbury) were linked with health administrative data. Analyses were performed on a cohort of individuals who received care at participating RAAM clinics and

SUBMITTER: Corace K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10665968 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature