2024
Access to treatment before and after Medicare coverage of opioid treatment programs
Liu R, Beetham T, Newton H, Busch S. Access to treatment before and after Medicare coverage of opioid treatment programs. Health Affairs Scholar 2024, 2: qxae076. PMID: 38938273, PMCID: PMC11210307, DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxae076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment servicesOpioid use disorderTreatment programsOpioid treatment programsMedicare coverageFor-profit statusCounty-level changesTreat opioid use disorderNonwhite residentsNonwhite populationsOpioid use disorder treatment servicesSociodemographic characteristicsNational DirectoryServicesUse disorderTreatment facilitiesOutpatient settingMedicareAccessOpioid
2015
Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine/Naloxone Treatment for Opioid Dependence: A Randomized Clinical Trial
D’Onofrio G, O’Connor P, Pantalon MV, Chawarski MC, Busch SH, Owens PH, Bernstein SL, Fiellin DA. Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine/Naloxone Treatment for Opioid Dependence: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2015, 313: 1636-1644. PMID: 25919527, PMCID: PMC4527523, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.3474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrief intervention groupOpioid-dependent patientsIllicit opioid useAddiction treatment servicesPercent of patientsBuprenorphine groupEmergency departmentIntervention groupReferral groupOpioid useTreatment servicesBrief interventionOpioid dependenceClinical trialsHIV riskUrban teaching hospital emergency departmentBuprenorphine/naloxone treatmentHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) riskTeaching hospital emergency departmentAddiction treatmentBuprenorphine treatment groupUrine samplesBuprenorphine/naloxoneRandomized clinical trialsCommunity-based treatment services