2024 journal article

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Evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder is widely unavailable and often discouraged by providers of residential substance use services in North Carolina

JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE USE & ADDICTION TREATMENT, 167.

By: J. Carroll ⁿ , N. Dasgupta ^*, B. Ostrach, T. El-Sabawi ^*, S. Dixon ⁿ, B. Morrissey ⁿ, R. Saucier^*

author keywords: Addiction; Opioid use disorder; Treatment; Buprenorphine; Opioid agonist treatment

10.1016/j.josat.2024.209474

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Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is the only treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) proven to reduce overdose mortality, yet access to this evidence-based treatment remains poor. The purpose of this cross-sectional audit study was to assess OAT availability at residential substance use services in North Carolina.