Implementation Outcomes of Low Threshold Care for Persons with Opioid Use Disorders
Our findings provide preliminary empirical support for a replicable measure of LTC in primary care settings. Longer scales showed greater internal consistency and sensitivity to change, while brief scales predicted patient reach outcomes. These measures may be useful for clinical programs to gauge the extent to which their MOUD services align with low threshold care principles and to guide quality improvement efforts. Future research should validate these scales in larger, diverse cohorts and test causal impact.
Authors
- Andrea Jakubowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5651-5589)
- Berkeley Franz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2091-1891)
- Elena Rosenberg-Carlson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5654-9728)
- Hannah Cheng
- Mark McGovern
- Wayne Kepner
- Margaret Lowenstein
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Ohio University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-10112-9
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- School of Medicine, Stanford University