Reframing conceptualizations of primary care involvement in opioid use disorder treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioid-related harms and opioid use disorder (OUD) are health priorities requiring urgent policy responses. There have been many calls for improved OUD care in primary care, as well as increasing involvement of primary care providers in countries like Canada and Australia, which have been experiencing high rates of opioid-related harms.

Methods

Using Starfield's 4Cs conceptualization of primary care functions, we examined how and why primary care systems may be suited towards, or pose challenges to providing OUD care, and identified health system opportunities to address these challenges. We conducted 14 semi-structured interviews with 16 key informants with experience in opioid use policy in Canada and Australia.

Results

Primary care was identified to be a

SUBMITTER: Chiu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11443781 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature