2023
Estimated Clinical Outcomes and Cost-effectiveness Associated With Provision of Addiction Treatment in US Primary Care Clinics
Jawa R, Tin Y, Nall S, Calcaterra S, Savinkina A, Marks L, Kimmel S, Linas B, Barocas J. Estimated Clinical Outcomes and Cost-effectiveness Associated With Provision of Addiction Treatment in US Primary Care Clinics. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e237888. PMID: 37043198, PMCID: PMC10098970, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.7888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioPrimary care practitionersClinical outcomesPCP servicesPrimary careAddiction servicesAddiction careUS primary care clinicsLong-term clinical outcomesHealth care sector costsInjection-related infectionsPrimary care clinicsHealth care sector perspectivePrimary care practicesCost-effectiveness ratioObservational cohortBuprenorphine prescribingCare clinicsClinical trialsPCP practicesTreatment strategiesMAIN OUTCOMESimulated cohortCare practitionersCare practicesEstimated Costs and Outcomes Associated With Use and Nonuse of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder During Incarceration and at Release in Massachusetts
Chatterjee A, Weitz M, Savinkina A, Macmadu A, Madushani R, Potee R, Ryan D, Murphy S, Walley A, Linas B. Estimated Costs and Outcomes Associated With Use and Nonuse of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder During Incarceration and at Release in Massachusetts. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e237036. PMID: 37058306, PMCID: PMC10105308, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.7036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioIncremental costCost-effectiveness ratioEconomic evaluationEconomic studiesOpioid use disorderXR-naltrexoneOverdose deathsTreatment startQALYOverdose mortalityUse disordersCostExtended-release naltrexoneTreatment costsDiscontinue medicationsMOUD accessQALYsOpen cohortMost prisonsIncarcerated individualsMOUD treatmentTreatment strategiesMoneyFatal overdoses
2022
Simulated Cost-effectiveness and Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Addiction Care and Antibiotic Therapy Strategies for Patients With Injection Drug Use–Associated Infective Endocarditis
Adams JW, Savinkina A, Hudspeth JC, Gai MJ, Jawa R, Marks LR, Linas BP, Hill A, Flood J, Kimmel S, Barocas JA. Simulated Cost-effectiveness and Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Addiction Care and Antibiotic Therapy Strategies for Patients With Injection Drug Use–Associated Infective Endocarditis. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e220541. PMID: 35226078, PMCID: PMC8886538, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapyIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioOral antibiotic therapyInjection drug use-associated infective endocarditisUsual care strategyAntibiotic therapyOpioid drug useAntibiotic treatment strategiesAntibiotic strategiesCare servicesTreatment strategiesCare strategiesTreatment discontinuationClinical outcomesInfective endocarditisDrug use-associated infective endocarditisDrug useInpatient intravenous antibiotic therapyLong-term clinical outcomesHigher treatment completion rateIntravenous antibiotic therapyObservational cohort studyPercentage of patientsPostacute care facilityParenteral antimicrobial therapy