Equal Access, Equal Outcomes: Telehealth Utilization Around the COVID-19 Pandemic among People Living with HIV and Opioid Use Disorder in the Deep South.

William S Bradford, Julie England, Reed W R Bratches, Ellen F Eaton

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Article in AIDS and behavior, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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William S BradfordDivision of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Boshell Building 8th floor 1808 7th Ave S, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA. wsbradford@uabmc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6497-6251

Julie EnglandDepartment of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.

Reed W R BratchesSchool of Nursing, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9446-7098

Ellen F EatonDivision of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Boshell Building 8th floor 1808 7th Ave S, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8539-4907

Funding

AHRQ HHS T32 HS013852AHRQ HHS T32HS013852

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telehealth has the potential to extend access to lifesaving treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) among underserved people living with HIV (PWH). However, policymakers have scaled back pandemic-era telehealth provisions, citing concerns about safety and effectiveness. In this study of 42 PWH with OUD in one Deep South HIV clinic between 3/1/2020 and 4/30/2021, we used multivariable regression to assess the impact of telehealth utilization on patient-centered HIV and OUD outcomes. We found no significant difference in outcomes for those with high telehealth utilization versus others. In addition to being more accessible, telehealth does not appear to compromise health outcomes.

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COVID-19Health Services AccessibilityHIV InfectionsOpioid-Related DisordersTelemedicineAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOpiate Substitution TreatmentPandemicsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Deep SouthHIVTelehealth

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PMID39546147

DOI10.1007/s10461-024-04550-5

PMCPMC11813669

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