Federal opioid agonist therapy policy: interrupted time series analysis of the impact of the methadone exemption removal across eight provinces in Canada
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Health services for substance use disorders
BMC Health Services Research is calling for papers on health services for substance use disorders. Along with a more general trend affecting mental health disorders, the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) and in the severity of pre-existing SUDs. Numerous comorbidities including psychological, psychiatric, neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, liver and sexually transmitted infections are frequently associated with SUDs and these further increase the SUDs-related burden on the health systems.
With the pressures placed on health systems by the pandemic, health services need to adjust the offer in terms of access to care for these patients. Services for the prevention and treatment of substance misuse and SUDs are delivered by distinct, dedicated programs or services, which often lack coordinated operability with general healthcare systems.
This Collection calls for papers describing measures taken withing health systems to respond to these unprecedented challenges, increase care access and improve care.
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Cost-utility analysis of an alcohol policy in Thailand: a case study of a random breath testing intervention
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Evaluation of heroin-assisted treatment in Norway: protocol for a mixed methods study
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Reliability and validity of the Patient Experiences Questionnaire for Interdisciplinary Treatment for Substance Dependence – Continuous Electronic Measurement (PEQ-ITSD – CEM)
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How older adults recovering from substance use problems experience mattering
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Evaluating an addiction medicine unit in Sudbury, Ontario Canada: a mixed-methods study protocol
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Development of an intervention to manage benzodiazepine dependence and high-risk use in the context of escalating drug related deaths in Scotland: an application of the MRC framework
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Health professional’s perception of a smoking cessation intervention among disadvantaged patients participating in a pragmatic randomized trial
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A multimorbidity model for estimating health outcomes from the syndemic of injection drug use and associated infections in the United States
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