2023
Aligning public health and public safety: Probation as a touchpoint to identify and link patients with opioid use disorder to opioid agonist treatment
Bromberg D, Galvez de Leon S, Litz T, Azbel L, Liberman A, Polonsky M, Dvoriak S, Saichuk N, Taxman F, Altice F. Aligning public health and public safety: Probation as a touchpoint to identify and link patients with opioid use disorder to opioid agonist treatment. PLOS Global Public Health 2023, 3: e0002349. PMID: 37910486, PMCID: PMC10619786, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002349.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCriminal justice settingsOpioid use disorderBrief interventionUse disordersPrevalence of OUDProbation centersHIV prevention effortsJustice settingsMental healthHigh rateCommunity supervision settingsOAT servicesSBIRT interventionAgonist therapyHIV testingOpioid dependenceAgonist treatmentConsecutive individualsTreatment strategiesGeneral populationProbationSBIRTPrevention effortsSupervision settingParticipantsExamining sociodemographic correlates of opioid use, misuse, and use disorders in the All of Us Research Program.
Yeh H, Peltz-Rauchman C, Johnson C, Pawloski P, Chesla D, Waring S, Stevens A, Epstein M, Joseph C, Miller-Matero L, Gui H, Tang A, Boerwinkle E, Cicek M, Clark C, Cohn E, Gebo K, Loperena R, Mayo K, Mockrin S, Ohno-Machado L, Schully S, Ramirez A, Qian J, Ahmedani B. Examining sociodemographic correlates of opioid use, misuse, and use disorders in the All of Us Research Program. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0290416. PMID: 37594966, PMCID: PMC10437856, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderOpioid usePrescription opioidsElectronic health recordsReduced oddsDiagnosis of OUDSociodemographic characteristicsPrevalence of OUDNonmedical useLifetime opioid useEHR dataNon-Hispanic white participantsImportant clinical informationNon-medical useLifetime prevalenceStreet opioidsHigher oddsOpioidsClinical informationUse disordersUs Research ProgramSociodemographic correlatesLogistic regressionPrevalenceHealth recordsOpioid use and opioid use disorder in mono and dual-system users of veteran affairs medical centers
Goulet J, Cheng Y, Becker W, Brandt C, Sandbrink F, Workman T, Ma P, Libin A, Shara N, Spevak C, Kupersmith J, Zeng-Treitler Q. Opioid use and opioid use disorder in mono and dual-system users of veteran affairs medical centers. Frontiers In Public Health 2023, 11: 1148189. PMID: 37124766, PMCID: PMC10141670, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1148189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderNew opioid prescriptionsOpioid prescriptionsOUD diagnosisVA careUse disordersPrevalence of OUDVeterans Affairs Medical CenterGuideline-concordant careRetrospective cohort studyMultivariate logistic regressionNon-VA sourcesVeterans Administration dataCommunity care servicesPrescription sourceUS healthcare systemOpioid medicationsOpioid useCohort studyConcordant careActive patientsVA cliniciansIntra-class correlationMedical CenterWhite race
2021
The association of opioid use disorder and homelessness nationally in the veterans health administration
Manhapra A, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck R. The association of opioid use disorder and homelessness nationally in the veterans health administration. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2021, 223: 108714. PMID: 33865213, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderSubstance use disordersVeterans Health AdministrationRisk factorsUse disordersHealth AdministrationUnited States Veterans Health AdministrationCo-morbid risk factorsPrevalence of OUDMajor risk factorMultivariate logistic regressionHomeless veteransHigher unadjusted oddsCross-sectional analysisClinical factorsVHA patientsNon-homeless veteransUnadjusted oddsVHA careFiscal year 2012US veteransOdds ratioHigh prevalenceHigher oddsPsychiatric diagnosis
2017
Test of a workforce development intervention to expand opioid use disorder treatment pharmacotherapy prescribers: protocol for a cluster randomized trial
Molfenter T, Knudsen HK, Brown R, Jacobson N, Horst J, Van Etten M, Kim JS, Haram E, Collier E, Starr S, Toy A, Madden L. Test of a workforce development intervention to expand opioid use disorder treatment pharmacotherapy prescribers: protocol for a cluster randomized trial. Implementation Science 2017, 12: 135. PMID: 29141653, PMCID: PMC5688699, DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0665-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderAddiction treatment fieldPrevalence of OUDSubstantial public health significanceOpioid misuse epidemicExtended-release naltrexonePrimary treatment outcomeEvidence-based pharmacotherapyAddiction treatment workforceSignificant health issuePublic health significanceAddiction treatment providersNaltrexone patientsNon-medical useOUD pharmacotherapyTreatment fieldOUD patientsBuprenorphine patientsPrescription opioidsCluster RCTIntervention periodTreatment outcomesImplementation interventionsOverdose deathsUse disorders
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