Expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder in primary care clinics: an evaluation of common implementation strategies and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To combat the opioid epidemic in the USA, unprecedented federal funding has been directed to states and territories to expand access to prevention, overdose rescue, and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Similar to other states, California rapidly allocated these funds to increase reach and adoption of MOUD in safety-net, primary care settings such as Federally Qualified Health Centers. Typical of current real-world implementation endeavors, a package of four implementation strategies was offered to all clinics. The present study examines (i) the pre-post effect of the package of strategies, (ii) whether/how this effect differed between new (start-up) versus more established (scale-up) MOUD practices, and (iii) the effect of clinic engagement with each of the fo

SUBMITTER: Cheng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258188 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature