Building medication for opioid use disorder prescriber capacity during the opioid epidemic: Prescriber recruitment trends and methods.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Physicians are a critical clinical resource for patient care. Yet physician recruitment has been considerably understudied, particularly in substance use disorder (SUD) settings. This study proposes a conceptual model called the "Physician Recruitment Descriptive Factors Framework" to investigate the role of environmental, organizational, and individual factors in the use of physician recruitment strategies.

Methods

The study setting was 75 sites that provided outpatient SUD treatment services in Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin from 2016 to 2019. Central to the analysis is the use of five targeted physician recruitment strategies. The study investigated whether financial conditions, location (urban v. non-urban), external implementation coaching, and recruiters' ro

SUBMITTER: Molfenter T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10833474 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature