Cost of implementing evidence-based practices to reduce opioid overdose fatalities in New York State communities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The HEALing Communities Study was a multi-site cluster randomized waitlist-controlled trial evaluating a community-engaged, data-driven intervention to select and deploy evidence-based practices (EBPs) including overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND), medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and safer opioid prescribing. The trial was conducted in 67 highly impacted communities in 4 states, including 8 Rural and 8 urban communities in New York State (NYS). To inform future community-level decision making, we estimated the implementation costs of the EBPs selected by NYS communities.

Methods

The study was implemented between January 2020-June 2022 (Wave 1, 30 months duration including the peak COVID-19 emergency period) and July 2022-December 2023 (W

SUBMITTER: Li JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12486734 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature