Examining Access to Primary Care for People With Opioid Use Disorder in Ontario, Canada: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

People with opioid use disorder are less likely than others to have a primary care physician.

Objective

To determine if family physicians are less likely to accept people with opioid use disorder as new patients than people with diabetes.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial used an audit design to survey new patient intake at randomly selected family physicians in Ontario, Canada. Eligible physicians were independent practitioners allowed to prescribe opioids who were located in an office within 50 km of a population center greater than 20 000 people. A patient actor made unannounced telephone calls to family physicians asking for a new patient appointment. The data were analyzed in September 2021.

Intervention

In the fir

SUBMITTER: Spithoff S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9526081 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature