Can monitoring consumer requests for opioid-replacement therapy improve access to treatment?
Can monitoring consumer requests for opioid-replacement therapy improve access to treatment?
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DOI：
10.1071/ah13212
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Browne, Matthew
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作者：
Harlow, Warren;Happell, Brenda;Browne, Matthew
客观的。本研究检查了一个城市公共资助的阿片类药物替代治疗诊所（2009 年至 2011 年）记录的数据，以确定这些数据是否可以用于更有效地通知临床医生的排班，以改善获得治疗的机会。数据分析结合了描述性和推理性方法。结果。一年中消费者寻求阿片类药物替代疗法的时间趋势、性别治疗请求之间的相似性和差异以及消费者分诊等待时间的变化。结论。全国范围内阿片类药物替代疗法分类报告将有助于更好地了解需要治疗的人数。如果阿片类药物替代疗法提供者监控消费者分诊，他们可以更有效地进行排班，安排特定性别的临床医生，确认并告知消费者分诊的等待时间，并允许重新调整服务方向以缩短等待时间。
Objective. This study examined data recorded by one urban publicly funded opioid-replacement therapy clinic (from 2009 to 2011) to identify whether these data could be used to inform the rostering of clinicians more effectively to improve access to treatment.Methods. Data analysis incorporated descriptive and inferential methods.Results. There were trends in the times of the year consumers seek opioid-replacement therapy, similarity and differences between gender requests for treatment and variation in consumer wait time on triage.Conclusions. National reporting of opioid-replacement therapy triages would help gain a better understanding of the number of people in need of treatment. If opioid-replacement therapy providers monitored consumer triages, they could roster more effectively, have gender-specific clinicians available, acknowledge and inform consumers of wait time on triage and allow re-orientation of services to lower wait time.