More Beds or More Chairs? Using a Science-Based Approach to Address the Opioid Epidemic

Krebs and colleagues report an analysis showing that immediate access to opioid agonist treatment (OAT) for all patients with opioid use disorder seeking treatment in California's publicly funded treatment programs is cost-effective compared with the current state-level standard of time-limited medically supervised withdrawal. The editorialists discuss the findings and conclude that it is vital that we use less health care resources on medically supervised withdrawal "beds" and more on outpatient "chairs" for OAT.

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