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