Profiting and providing less care: comprehensive services at for-profit, nonprofit, and public opioid treatment programs in the United States.
Med Care
; 52(5): 428-34, 2014 May.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Opioid use disorders are frequently associated with medical and psychiatric comorbidities (eg, HIV infection and depression), as well as social problems (eg, lack of health insurance). Comprehensive services addressing these conditions improve outcomes.OBJECTIVE:
To compare the proportion of for-profit, nonprofit, and public opioid treatment programs offering comprehensive services, which are not mandated by government regulations. DESIGN, SETTING, ANDPARTICIPANTS:
Cross-sectional analysis of opioid treatment programs offering outpatient care in the United States (n=1036). MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURE:
Self-reported offering of communicable disease (HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and viral hepatitis) testing, psychiatric services (screening, assessment and diagnostic evaluation, and pharmacotherapy), and social services support (assistance in applying for programs such as Medicaid). Mixed-effects logistic regression models were developed to adjust for several county-level factors.RESULTS:
Of opioid treatment programs, 58.0% were for profit, 33.5% were nonprofit, and 8.5% were public. Nonprofit programs were more likely than for-profit programs to offer testing for all communicable diseases [adjusted odds ratios (AOR), 1.7; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.2, 2.5], all psychiatric services (AOR, 8.0; 95% CI, 4.9, 13.1), and social services support (AOR, 3.3; 95% CI, 2.3, 4.8). Public programs were also more likely than for-profit programs to offer communicable disease testing (AOR, 6.4; 95% CI, 3.5, 11.7), all psychiatric services (AOR, 25.8; 95% CI, 12.6, 52.5), and social services support (AOR, 2.4; 95% CI, 1.4, 4.3).CONCLUSIONS:
For-profit programs were significantly less likely than nonprofit and public programs to offer comprehensive services. Interventions to increase the offering of comprehensive services are needed, particularly among for-profit programs.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Organizaciones sin Fines de Lucro
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Sector Público
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Sector Privado
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Centros de Tratamiento de Abuso de Sustancias
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Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Care
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article