Veterans Health System Leader and Clinician Perspectives on Expanding Access to Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Within and outside VA, there is growing interest in expanding access to medications for OUD, such as methadone. Leaders and clinicians highlighted important access, quality, and cost considerations when exploring innovative treatment modalities for methadone, such as mobile OTP services and CC. Findings from this VA evaluation may guide methadone treatment improvement in other health systems.
Authors
- Chelsey R. Schlechter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-6316)
- Adam J. Gordon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2453-8871)
- Susan Zickmund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1752-9811)
- Richard E. Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4441-7460)
- Megan E. Vanneman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3013-1362)
- Audrey L. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1533-7469)
- Farrah Rahim
- Stephanie Tuckett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2563-0397)
Institutions
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Huntsman Cancer Institute (US)
- VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Addiction Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/adm.0000000000001585
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00