Leveraging the 72-Hour Rule Change to Support Transition From Hospital to Opioid Treatment Program
In this cohort study, preexisting relationships between hospitals, postacute care facilities, and OTPs, along with provision of take-home methadone, likely facilitated OTP linkage. Expansion of these relationships and processes could facilitate OUD treatment engagement during tenuous care transitions.
Authors
- Olivia Berger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-3124)
- Eric Grimm
- Megan Buresh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5559-7682)
- Melissa B. Weimer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5624-2434)
- Susan L. Calcaterra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0584-7783)
- Suzanne Nesbit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6205-1936)
- Lindsay A. Bowman
- Rawan Abdel Galil
- Yevgeniya Scherbak
- Alexandra Barany
Institutions
- University of Colorado Hospital (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.44996
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00