Cost-Effectiveness of Implementation Facilitation to Promote Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective(s)

To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of implementation facilitation compared with a standard educational strategy to promote emergency department (ED)-initiated buprenorphine with linkage to ongoing opioid use disorder care in the community, from a health care-sector perspective.

Methods

A prospective cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted alongside "Project ED Health" (CTN-0069), a hybrid type 3 implementation-effectiveness study conducted at 4 academic EDs. Resources were gathered and valued according to the health care-sector perspective. Three effectiveness measures were evaluated: quality-adjusted life-years, opioid-free years, and patient engagement in community-based opioid use disorder care on the 30th day following the index ED visit. An incremen

SUBMITTER: Lu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11845297 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature