Hospital Provider's Perspectives on MOUD Initiation and Continuation After Inpatient Discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals with opioid use disorder have high rates of hospital admissions, which represent a critical opportunity to engage patients and initiate medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). However, few patients receive MOUD and, even if MOUD is initiated in the hospital, patients may encounter barriers to continuing MOUD in the community.

Objective

Describe hospital providers' experiences and perspectives to inform initiatives and policies that support hospital-based MOUD initiation and continuation in community treatment programs.

Design

As part of a broader implementation study focused on inpatient MOUD (NCT#04921787), we conducted semi-structured interviews with hospital providers.

Participants

Fifty-seven hospital providers from 12 community h

SUBMITTER: Shearer R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12463795 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature