Wait No Longer: Reducing Medication Wait-Times for Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Community addiction treatment agencies have utilized Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx), a proven implementation strategy, to reduce appointment wait-times. However, its effectiveness at reducing medication access wait-times has not been explored. Thus, we conducted an exploratory analysis to evaluate the impact of the NIATx implementation strategies on reduced wait-times to addiction, psychotropic or both medications for individuals with co-occurring disorders (COD). Methods: In a cluster-randomized waitlist control group design, community addiction treatment agencies (n = 49) were randomized to receive the NIATx strategy (Cohort 1, n = 25) or to a Waitlist control (Cohort 2, n = 24). All agencies had a 12-month active

SUBMITTER: Ford JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9503325 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature