Trial reportJournal of general internal medicine2022
Acute Care Utilization After Recovery Coaching Linkage During Substance-Related Inpatient Admission: Results of Two Randomized Controlled Trials.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Inpatient Link to Addiction Recovery- a Pilot Program
Barriers to Substance Use Disorder Recovery
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness of peer recovery support services for substance use disorders: A systematic review of healthcare utilization, behavioral health, and engagement outcomes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Pooled it
- Recovery Barrier Characterizations by Hospitalized Patients with Substance Use Disorders: Results from a Randomized Clinical Study on Inpatient Peer Recovery Coaching.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Trial
- A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Peer Recovery Coaches for Addiction Recovery Among Indigenous Americans.Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationTrial
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- The Peer Recovery Coaching Linkage (RC-link) intervention study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial for alcohol use disorder recovery in the inpatient hospital setting.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Treatment Initiation and Outcomes Associated With Receipt of Emergency Department-Based Peer Support Following Opioid Overdose.Annals of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Integrating multiple data sources to predict all-cause readmission or mortality in patients with substance misuse.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Peer Recovery Support Services and Recovery Coaching for Substance Use Disorder: A Systematic Review.Current addiction reports · 2025Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to Establishing Partnerships for Substance Use Disorder Care Transitions Between Safety-Net Hospitals and Community-Based Organizations.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Peer support for patients with opioid use disorder in the emergency department: A narrative review.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2024Review
- Emergency Department Peer Support Program and Patient Outcomes After Opioid Overdose.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundFor patients with substance use disorder (SUD), a peer recovery coach (PRC) intervention increases engagement in recovery services; effective support services interventions have occasionally demonstrated cost savings through decreased acute care utilization.
objectiveExamine effect of PRCs on acute care utilization.
designCombined results of 2 parallel 1:1 randomized controlled trials.
participantsInpatient adults with substance use disorder
interventionsInpatient PRC linkage and follow-up contact for 6 months vs usual care (providing contact information for SUD resources and PRCs) MAIN MEASURES: Acute care encounters (emergency and inpatient) 6 months before and after enrollment; encounter type by primary diagnosis code category (mental/behavioral vs medical); 30-day readmissions with Lace+ readmission risk scores. KEY
resultsA total of 193 patients were randomized: 95 PRC; 98 control. In the PRC intervention, 66 patients had a pre-enrollment acute care encounter and 56 had an encounter post-enrollment, compared to the control group with 59 pre- and 62 post-enrollment (odds ratio [OR] = -0.79, P = 0.11); there was no significant effect for sub-groups by encounter location (emergency vs inpatient). There was a significant decrease in mental/behavioral ED visits (PRC: pre-enrollment 17 vs post-enrollment 10; control: pre-enrollment 13 vs post-enrollment 16 (OR = -2.62, P = 0.02)) but not mental/behavioral inpatient encounters or medical emergency or inpatient encounters. There was no significant difference in 30-day readmissions corrected for Lace+ scores (15.8% PRC vs 17.3% control, OR = 0.19, P = 0.65).
conclusionsPRCs did not decrease overall acute care utilization but may decrease emergency encounters related to substance use.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04098601, NCT04098614).
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