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11.03.2019 | Capsule Commentary
Capsule Commentary on Wakeman et al., Effect of Integrating Substance Use Disorder Treatment into Primary Care on Inpatient and Emergency Department Utilization
verfasst von:
Jared W. Klein, MD, MPH
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 6/2019
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Excerpt
Wakeman and colleagues [
1] performed a retrospective cohort study exploring associations between deployment of integrated addiction treatment across a large primary care network and acute care utilization. Patients exposed to the multi-modal intervention (recovery coaches, local champions, use of medications for addiction treatment, and availability of expert consultation) were compared to matched control patients in practices with usual care, including referral for addiction treatment. The authors found an association between availability of the intervention and lower levels of acute care utilization, specifically shorter hospital stays and fewer ER visits; however, this came at the expense of significantly more primary care visits. …