Retention of patients in opioid substitution treatment: a systematic review

AM O'Connor, G Cousins, L Durand, J Barry, F Boland - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Retention in opioid substitution (OST) treatment is associated with substantial
reductions in all cause and overdose mortality. This systematic review aims to identify both …

Increasing overdose deaths among Black Americans: a review of the literature

JB Gibbons, SJ Harris, KT Solomon… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
In 2020, opioid overdose fatalities among Black Americans surpassed those among White
Americans for the first time in US history. This Review analyses the academic literature on …

Addressing Racial And Ethnic Disparities In The Use Of Medications For Opioid Use Disorder: Study examines racial and ethnic disparities in the use of medications …

B Andraka-Christou - Health Affairs, 2021 - healthaffairs.org
Social discourse about the opioid crisis in the US has focused on White populations, even
though opioid-related deaths have grown at a higher rate among people of color than …

Treatment retention and abstinence of patients with substance use disorders according to addiction severity and psychiatry comorbidity: A six-month follow-up study in …

C Daigre, L Rodríguez, C Roncero, RF Palma-Alvarez… - Addictive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The impact of psychiatric comorbidity and addiction features throughout the
course of addiction has been widely studied. This is a naturalistic study conducted in an …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of retention in treatment using medications for opioid use disorder by medication, race/ethnicity, and gender in the United States

M Hochheimer, GJ Unick - Addictive Behaviors, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Aims There is mounting evidence that opioid use disorder is
experienced differently by people of different genders and race/ethnicity groups. Similarly, in …

The effect of person, treatment and prescriber characteristics on retention in opioid agonist treatment: a 15‐year retrospective cohort study

C Bharat, S Larney, S Barbieri, T Dobbins… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims There is limited evidence on the relationship between
retention in opioid agonist treatment for opioid dependence and characteristics of treatment …

Measuring treatment attrition at various stages of engagement in Opioid Agonist Treatment in Ontario Canada using a cascade of care framework

F Tahsin, KA Morin, F Vojtesek, DC Marsh - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Background The cascade of care framework is an effective way to measure attrition at
various stages of engagement in Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT). The primary objective of …

The impact of longitudinal substance use patterns on the risk of opioid agonist therapy discontinuation: A repeated measures latent class analysis

Z Cui, M Karamouzian, M Law, K Hayashi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Polysubstance use is prevalent among individuals on opioid agonist treatment (OAT), yet
past studies have focused primarily on distinct substances and their association with OAT …

Spatial access to opioid treatment program and alcohol and cannabis outlets: analysis of missed doses of methadone during the first, second, and third 90 days of …

S Amiri, RB Lutz, MG McDonell, JM Roll… - The American Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The burden of access to opioid treatment programs (OTPs) may change as
clients become eligible for take-home privileges. Our previous study showed clients who …

Deaths associated with opioids, race and ethnicity, and years of potential life lost in Washington State

S Amiri, CD Pham, S Castonguay, JT Denney… - Journal of Substance …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction This study examined disparities in years of potential life lost (YPLL) related to
opioid use among racial and ethnic groups adjusting for individual-and neighborhood-level …