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AHRQ: Most MAT studies don't use treatment retention as an outcome
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32825
Subject(s) - opioid use disorder , agency (philosophy) , medicine , opioid , health care , outcome (game theory) , intensive care medicine , political science , mathematical economics , philosophy , receptor , mathematics , epistemology , law
While it's known that longer‐term treatment with medications to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) is associated with improved outcomes, most studies do not focus on treatment retention, according to a report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released this month.