ArticleJournal of addiction medicine2020
Telehealth Capability Among Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in Counties With High Versus Low COVID-19 Social Distancing.
Article in Journal of addiction medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- What can we learn from COVID-19 to improve opioid treatment? Expert providers respond.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
- Trends in Geographic Proximity to Substance Use Disorder Treatment.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
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- Substance, use in relation to COVID-19: A scoping review.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on addiction treatment in New Zealand.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Impact on Substance Use Disorder Treatments.The Psychiatric clinics of North America · 2022Review
- Opioid treatment programs, telemedicine and COVID-19: A scoping review.Substance abuse · 2022Article
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- Understanding the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facility Operations and Patient Success: Evidence From Mississippi.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2022Article
- The new services that opioid treatment programs have adopted in response to COVID-19.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Article
- Trends in visits to substance use disorder treatment facilities in 2020.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Review
- Common themes in early state policy responses to substance use disorder treatment during COVID-19.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2021Article
- Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Findings from a Survey of Specialty Providers in California.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo quantify the availability of telehealth services at substance use treatment facilities in the U.S. at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and determine whether telehealth is available at facilities in counties with the greatest amount of social distancing.
methodsWe merged county-level measures of social distancing through April 18, 2020 to detailed administrative data on substance use treatment facilities. We then calculated the number and share of treatment facilities that offered telehealth services by whether residents of the county social distanced or not. Finally, we estimated a logistic regression that predicted the offering of telehealth services using both county- and facility-level characteristics.
resultsApproximately 27% of substance use facilities in the U.S. reported telehealth availability at the outset of the pandemic. Treatment facilities in counties with a greater social distancing were less likely to possess telemedicine capability. Similarly, nonopioid treatment programs that offered buprenorphine or vivitrol in counties with a greater burden of COVID-19 were less likely to offer telemedicine when compared to similar facilities in counties with a lower burden of COVID-19.
conclusionsRelatively few substance use treatment facilities offered telehealth services at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Policymakers and public health officials should do more to support facilities in offering telehealth services.
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