Primary Care Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Symptoms: Initiation and Engagement in Treatment With Medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There is a critical need to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) in primary care. We describe the incidence of OUD medication treatment among primary care patients who reported opioid use and moderate or severe symptoms of substance use disorder (SUD), as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR), during routine care.

Method

This retrospective cohort study used electronic health record and insurance claims data from 33 primary care clinics in Washington that routinely screen for substance use and ask patients who report daily cannabis use or any past-year drug use to complete a DSM-5-TR Substance Use Symptom Checklist (Checklist). The sample included 1,502 adult primary care patients

SUBMITTER: Simon CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306991 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature