2017
Cost‐effectiveness of emergency department‐initiated treatment for opioid dependence
Busch SH, Fiellin DA, Chawarski MC, Owens PH, Pantalon MV, Hawk K, Bernstein SL, O'Connor PG, D'Onofrio G. Cost‐effectiveness of emergency department‐initiated treatment for opioid dependence. Addiction 2017, 112: 2002-2010. PMID: 28815789, PMCID: PMC5657503, DOI: 10.1111/add.13900.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCost-effectiveness acceptability curvesOpioid dependenceCommunity-based treatmentBrief interventionAcceptability curvesPast weekHealth care system costsHealth care system perspectiveAddiction treatmentOpioid-dependent patientsPatient time costsHealth care useFormal addiction treatmentBuprenorphine treatmentUrban EDEmergency departmentPrimary carePatient engagementTreatment engagementPatientsReferralSecondary analysisBuprenorphineNumber of daysIntervention
2003
Initial and Maintenance Naltrexone Treatment for Alcohol Dependence Using Primary Care vs Specialty Care: A Nested Sequence of 3 Randomized Trials
O'Malley SS, Rounsaville BJ, Farren C, Namkoong K, Wu R, Robinson J, O'Connor PG. Initial and Maintenance Naltrexone Treatment for Alcohol Dependence Using Primary Care vs Specialty Care: A Nested Sequence of 3 Randomized Trials. JAMA Internal Medicine 2003, 163: 1695-1704. PMID: 12885685, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.14.1695.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAlanine TransaminaseAlcoholismAspartate AminotransferasesCognitive Behavioral TherapyCombined Modality TherapyConnecticutFemaleGamma-GlutamyltransferaseHumansMaleMedicineMiddle AgedNaltrexoneNarcotic AntagonistsPatient CompliancePatient ParticipationPrimary Health CareSpecializationTimeTreatment OutcomeConceptsPrimary care managementCognitive behavior therapyPlacebo-controlled studyAlcohol dependenceNaltrexone treatmentPersistent heavy drinkingPrimary care treatmentWeeks of treatmentMaintenance of responseMaintenance of improvementCBT armCBT patientsPlacebo groupNaltrexone maintenanceRandomized trialsCare treatmentPrimary careSpecialty carePCM patientsDays abstinentNaltrexoneInitial courseCare managementCBT respondersPatients