Barriers to medications for opioid use disorder in the court system: provider availability, provider "trustworthiness," and cost.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) significantly decrease mortality but courts rarely refer participants with opioid use disorder to MOUD providers. Previous qualitative work suggests routine court referrals to MOUD providers are more likely if court team members perceive providers as "trustworthy." Court team members may also be less likely to refer participants to MOUD if they consider MOUD unaffordable, particularly in Florida, which has not expanded Medicaid. Our aims were to explore court team members' 1) perceptions of availability of local trustworthy MOUD providers, 2) characteristics associated with perceptions of availability of local trustworthy MOUD providers, including beliefs about MOUD efficacy, and 3) perceptions of MOUD affordability.

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SUBMITTER: Ahmed FZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9327334 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature