'Cascade of Care' framework aims to reduce opioid deaths

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) In a paper out today in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Columbia researchers present an expanded model to reduce opioid overdose and death by addressing gaps in addiction care and by monitoring treatment outcomes. A group of researchers led by Arthur Robin Williams, MD, MBE, at Columbia University's Division on Substance Use Disorders, developed a 'Cascade of Care' model for treating individuals with opioid use disorder based on lessons learned in the HIV/AIDS field.

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