Perceptions of the state policy environment and adoption of medications in the treatment of substance use disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite growing interest in the use of evidence-based treatment practices for treating substance use disorders, adoption of medications by treatment programs remains modest. Drawing on resource dependence and institutional theory, this study examined the relationships between adoption of medications by treatment programs and their perceptions about the state policy environment.

Methods

Data were collected through mailed surveys and telephone interviews with 250 administrators of publicly funded substance abuse treatment programs in the United States between 2009 and 2010. Multiple imputation and multivariate logistic regression were used to estimate the associations between perceptions of the state policy environment and the odds of adopting at least one medication

SUBMITTER: Knudsen HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3428708 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature