Patients' perspectives on care management services for complex substance use disorders.

ABSTRACT: Although care management approaches have potential to improve clinical outcomes and reduce high health care costs of patients with complex substance use disorders, characterized by high psychosocial, psychological, and/or medical needs and high acute health care utilization, little is known about patients' perspectives or experiences with these interventions. The objectives of this study were to identify barriers and facilitators to patient engagement in care management services for complex substance use disorders from patients' perspectives. This pilot study invited 22 men with complex substance use disorders and high health care utilization who were enrolled in a 1-year open trial of a Care Management Model to complete semi-structured interviews at 1- and 3-months post-baseline. Intervie

SUBMITTER: Hawkins EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9870041 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature