Trial reportThe Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association2020
Rural Clients' Continuity Into Follow-Up Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Impacts of Travel Time, Incentives, and Alerts.
Trial report in The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Outpatient follow-up and use of medications for opioid use disorder after residential treatment among Medicaid enrollees in 10 states.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Pooled it
- A scoping review of healthcare effectiveness data and information set (HEDIS) substance use disorder measures.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- A participatory photovoice investigation of community assets, barriers, and opportunities to curb the opioid epidemic.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Spatial accessibility of substance use disorder treatment programs, compared with other health care facilities, in New York State, 2024.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Patient Perspectives on a Rapid Access, Walk-in, Medication for Addiction Treatment Clinic.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- A case study on variations in network structure and cross-sector alignment in two local systems serving pregnant and parenting women in recovery.Health services research · 2024Article
- Patient reported goals for medications for opioid use disorder: A theory of proximal goal attainment.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2023Article
- Critical access medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment facilities in the continental United States.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2023Article
- A bridge too far? Distance to waivered physicians and utilization of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder in West Virginia Medicaid.Substance abuse · 2022Article
- Patient Satisfaction With Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment via Telemedicine: Brief Literature Review and Development of a New Assessment.Frontiers in public health · 2020Review
- An examination of correlates of simultaneous opioid and benzodiazepine use among patients in medication treatment for opioid use disorder in a small midwestern community.Journal of addictive diseasesArticle
- Medical Detoxification for Nonopioid Substances Is Associated With Lower Likelihood of Subsequent Linkage to Substance Use Disorder Treatment.Journal of addiction medicineArticle
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Abstract
purposeTreatment after discharge from detoxification or residential treatment is associated with improved outcomes. We examined the influence of travel time on continuity into follow-up treatment and whether financial incentives and weekly alerts have a modifying effect.
methodsFor a research intervention during October 2013 to December 2015, detoxification and residential substance use disorder treatment programs in Washington State were randomized into 4 groups: potential financial incentives for meeting performance goals, weekly alerts to providers, both interventions, and control. Travel time was used as both a main effect and interacted with other variables to explore its modifying impact on continuity of care in conjunction with incentives or alerts. Continuity was defined as follow-up care occurring within 14 days of discharge from detoxification or residential treatment programs. Travel time was estimated as driving time from clients' home ZIP Code to treatment agency ZIP Code.
findingsTravel times to the original treatment agency were in some cases significant with longer travel times predicting lower likelihood of continuity. For detoxification clients, those with longer travel times (over 91 minutes from their residence) are more likely to have timely continuity. Conversely, residential clients with travel times of more than 1 hour are less likely to have timely continuity. Interventions such as alerts or incentives for performance had some mitigating effects on these results. Travel times to the closest agency for potential further treatment were not significant.
conclusionsAmong rural clients discharged from detoxification and residential treatment, travel time can be an important factor in predicting timely continuity.
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