Mobile addiction treatment units: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug overdose deaths have increased in the last decade, becoming a substantial public health priority. Mobile Addiction Treatment Units (MATU) are vans, vehicles, or portable clinics that provide low-threshold, low-barrier, community-based services for addiction treatment including opioid agonist medications. MATUs are a point of entry for care, particularly for individuals who have faced barriers to access at in-person healthcare facilities.

Objective

This narrative review aims to synthesize and conduct a thematic analysis of the research on implementation and outcomes of MATUs in the United States. Our study's primary objectives were threefold: 1) to evaluate MATU program reach, 2) to evaluate MATU program effectiveness, and 3) to evaluate MATU program implement

SUBMITTER: Barrera I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12729169 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature