Matching Patients with Addiction to Treatment Based on Individual Needs

Anecdotal reports indicate that addiction treatment programs have responded to Covid‐19 by rapidly expanding telehealth, but whether and how these virtual approaches maintain access to treatment is not clear. Through this Enhancement, the research team will first assess whether and to what extent Covid‐19 is limiting addiction treatment initiation, particularly among vulnerable populations and among those who need higher levels of care (i.e., treatment in residential and inpatient settings), and to what extent telehealth can mitigate this impact. Next, the study will compare outcomes for telehealth intake assessment with in-person intake assessment, modified decision rules that reduce treatment in residential settings with the usual decision criteria to determine level of care, and residential treatment with at-home treatment using telehealth."