Behavioral Health Business October 22, 2024
Lack of transportation is one of the most common barriers to care for people with opioid use disorder (OUD).
Some providers are surmounting this problem by bringing care directly to patients.
Mobile vans are used by both nonprofit and for-profit substance use disorder (SUD) providers to target people who struggle to access treatment through traditional models. These mobile treatment clinics, which may become increasingly common across the SUD industry, can serve as a guide to improving traditional SUD treatment clinics.
Non-traditional, low-barrier treatment models are crucial to treating especially vulnerable populations, according to Deborah Agus, executive director of the nonprofit organization Behavioral Health Leadership Institute, which operates a SUD treatment van that parks outside a Baltimore jail.
“A lot of...
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