Pharmacotherapy, Resource Needs, and Physician Recruitment Practices in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Effective pharmacological treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) continue to be underutilized, particularly within specialty substance use disorder (SUD) treatment organizations. Few studies have examined whether specific practices to recruit prescribers, financial needs, and human resource needs facilitate or impede the implementation of pharmacotherapy.

Methods

Surveys were completed by administrators from 160 treatment programs in Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Respondents described availability of five pharmacotherapies for treating OUD, organizational resource needs, current use of physician recruitment practices, and buprenorphine treatment slots.

Results

The mostly commonly available medications were injectable naltrexone (65.4%; n = 102), buprenorp

SUBMITTER: Knudsen HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6349477 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan/Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature