An international comparative policy analysis of opioid use disorder treatment in primary care across nine high-income jurisdictions

Kellia Chiu, Saloni Pandya, Manu Sharma, Ashleigh Hooimeyer, Alexandra de Souza and Abhimanyu Sud

Health Policy, 2024, vol. 141, issue C

Abstract: Opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid-related harms are current health priorities in many high-income countries such as Canada. Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is an effective evidence-based treatment for OUD, but access is often limited.

Keywords: Opioid-related disorders; Opiate substitution therapy; Health systems; Health policy; Policy making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.104993

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