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Briding The Gap: Treatment Engagement Profiles And Outcomes Utilizing Novel Models, Allison Koetter

Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)

Background. The opioid epidemic is a public health emergency that requires collaboration between both private and public sectors to increase access to and capacity for efforts directed at treatment, prevention, and recovery. The Commonwealth of Kentucky via funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) created their State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis (Opioid STR) in order to help address these needs. The University of Kentucky, as an awardee of these funds, decided on an approach to highlight the Emergency Department (ED) bridge model, which links patients discharged from EDs and the hospital (inpatient addiction consult …