Opioids

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Research

Apr 23, 2025

A Qualitative Analysis on the Implementation of a Nudge Intervention to Reduce Post-Surgical Opioid Prescribing

We describe contextual factors affecting the implementation and outcomes of a successful email 'nudge' aimed at reducing post-operative opioid prescribing, with the goal of informing future implementation and dissemination efforts.
Tool

Apr 22, 2025

Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team Addiction Consultation Service (START ACS): An Addiction Consultation Service for Opioid Use Disorder

This guide describes the Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team Addiction Consultation Service, a program that aims to enhance treatment initiation and ensure successful connections to follow-up care for people with opioid use disorder.
Press

Apr 7, 2025

Hospital Addiction Consultation Service Can Increase Initiation of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Specialized hospital services that aid people with opioid use disorder regardless of why they are admitted can boost the number of patients who begin treatment with FDA-approved medication for opioid use disorder and increase the likelihood they remain engaged in that care once discharged.
Research

Apr 7, 2025

Medicare Beneficiary Receipt of Methadone by Drive Time to Opioid Treatment Programs

This study examined the association between opioid treatment program geographic availability with dispensation of methadone, a medication for opioid use disorder, for Medicare beneficiaries with a recent diagnosis of opioid use disorder.
Research

Mar 31, 2025

Challenges to and Solutions for Implementing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Community Mental Health Centers

This article provides illustrative examples of successful implementation strategies used to address challenges faced by community mental health clinics and recommendations to increase MOUD uptake.
Tool

Mar 25, 2025

eINSPIRE Facilitator Guide: A Telehealth Group for Family Members and Close Friends Affected by a Loved One’s Opioid Use Disorder

This facilitator guide is designed for clinicians who want to deliver eINSPIRE, a ten-week telehealth intervention of hourlong sessions, which provides support to those with loved ones receiving buprenorphine treatment for an opioid use disorder.
Commentary

Mar 13, 2025

Reducing Deaths from Fentanyl and Other Illicit Opioids: Q&A with David Luckey

In 2022, a bipartisan commission on combating synthetic opioid trafficking released its final report, a point-by-point strategy to address the opioid crisis and reduce its death toll. RAND's David Luckey discusses the report and what still needs to be done to combat the crisis.
Tool

Mar 13, 2025

OPTIC R Repository and Tutorial for Creating Policy Wheel Data Visualizations

This R-based tool (and accompanying tutorial) allows users to create Opioid Policy Tools and Information Center (OPTIC)-style policy wheel data visualizations that illustrate the timeline over which state policies are implemented.
Research

Mar 7, 2025

Naloxone Knowledge, Carrying, Purchase, and Use

This study surveyed a national sample of respondents about their knowledge of and history with naloxone.
Expert Insights

Feb 26, 2025

Addressing the Opioid Crisis Among Older Americans: Strategies for Prevention, Treatment, and Supporting Families Affected by Addiction

Testimony presented before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on February 26, 2025.
Press

Feb 26, 2025

RAND Expert to Testify Before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

Bradley Stein, director of RAND's Opioid Policy, Tools and Information Center and a practicing psychiatrist, will testify before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging during a hearing on combatting the opioid epidemic.
Research

Feb 19, 2025

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries: Associations with Age

We used 2016-2020 Medicare claims data to calculate rates of MOUD initiation (first dispensing in 14 days of index event), engagement (dispensing of a second MOUD in 34 days of initiation), and retention (receiving MOUD consistently in 180 days).

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A Qualitative Analysis on the Implementation of a Nudge Intervention to Reduce Post-Surgical Opioid Prescribing

Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team Addiction Consultation Service (START ACS): An Addiction Consultation Service for Opioid Use Disorder

Hospital Addiction Consultation Service Can Increase Initiation of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Medicare Beneficiary Receipt of Methadone by Drive Time to Opioid Treatment Programs

Challenges to and Solutions for Implementing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Community Mental Health Centers

eINSPIRE Facilitator Guide: A Telehealth Group for Family Members and Close Friends Affected by a Loved One’s Opioid Use Disorder

Reducing Deaths from Fentanyl and Other Illicit Opioids: Q&A with David Luckey

OPTIC R Repository and Tutorial for Creating Policy Wheel Data Visualizations

Naloxone Knowledge, Carrying, Purchase, and Use

Addressing the Opioid Crisis Among Older Americans: Strategies for Prevention, Treatment, and Supporting Families Affected by Addiction

RAND Expert to Testify Before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries: Associations with Age

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How the Opioid Crisis Affects Older Adults

America's Opioid Ecosystem

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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A Qualitative Analysis on the Implementation of a Nudge Intervention to Reduce Post-Surgical Opioid Prescribing

Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team Addiction Consultation Service (START ACS): An Addiction Consultation Service for Opioid Use Disorder

Hospital Addiction Consultation Service Can Increase Initiation of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Medicare Beneficiary Receipt of Methadone by Drive Time to Opioid Treatment Programs

Challenges to and Solutions for Implementing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Community Mental Health Centers

eINSPIRE Facilitator Guide: A Telehealth Group for Family Members and Close Friends Affected by a Loved One’s Opioid Use Disorder

Reducing Deaths from Fentanyl and Other Illicit Opioids: Q&A with David Luckey

OPTIC R Repository and Tutorial for Creating Policy Wheel Data Visualizations

Naloxone Knowledge, Carrying, Purchase, and Use

Addressing the Opioid Crisis Among Older Americans: Strategies for Prevention, Treatment, and Supporting Families Affected by Addiction

RAND Expert to Testify Before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries: Associations with Age

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