Primary care provides medication for opioid use disorder: findings from the HOMER study
The finding that nearly half of patients had no prior treatment supports the importance of primary care as a crucial component of MOUD. Practices in HOMER were similar to practices across the country. Patients enrolled were typical of family practice patients. Policies that support primary care MOUD may improve access to patients.
Authors
- Cory Lutgen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6589-4557)
- Linda Zittleman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-8826)
- Ben Sofie
- john westfall
- Donald E. Nease (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8323-3720)
- Camille J. Hochheimer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0984-0909)
- D. H. Fernald
- L Miriam Dickinson
- David Wolff
Institutions
- The Medical Center of Aurora (US)
- Science Council (GB)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Affairs Scholar
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf253
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00