Medical Economics July 18, 2024
Study reviews doctors’ reasons for reluctance to offer treatments for substance use disorder.
Physicians say they don’t have institutional support needed to assist patients struggling with addictions to drugs and alcohol.
A new study surveyed decades of addiction research and quantified the reasons why doctors may be reluctant to intervene when patients present with substance use disorder. Lack of support from employers, insufficient staff and training, challenges in organizational culture and competing demands all added to an “institutional environment” not conducive to addiction treatment.
“People with substance use disorders must be able to access compassionate and evidence-based care at any touchpoint they have with a health care provider,” National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Nora D. Volkow, MD, said...
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