Provider perceptions of medication for opioid used disorder (MOUD): A qualitative study in communities with high opioid overdose death rates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) has been shown to be a safe, cost-effective intervention that successfully lowers risk of opioid overdose. However, access to and use of MOUD has been limited. Our objective was to explore attitudes, opinions, and beliefs regarding MOUD among healthcare and social service providers in a community highly impacted by the opioid overdose epidemic.

Methods

As part of a larger ethnographic study examining neighborhoods in Allegheny County, PA, with the highest opioid overdose death rates, semi-structured qualitative in-person and telephone interviews were conducted with forty-five providers treating persons with opioid use disorders in these communities. An open coding approach was used to code interview transcripts followed by

SUBMITTER: Paul N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10960355 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature