Table 3 Access to health services and opioid agonist treatment
Overall sample | N = 227 |
|---|---|
n (%) | |
Perceived access to health clinics | |
Harder | 119 (52.4) |
Easier | 10 (4.4) |
Same as usual | 42 (18.5) |
Don’t know | 55 (24.2) |
Perceived access to emergency departments | |
Harder | 95 (41.9) |
Easier | 6 (2.6) |
Same as usual | 44 (19.4) |
Don’t know | 81 (35.7) |
Perceived access to other hospital services | |
Harder | 94 (41.4) |
Easier | 3 (1.3) |
Same as usual | 35 (15.4) |
Don’t know | 93 (41.0) |
Perceived access to mental health services | |
Harder | 82 (36.1) |
Easier | 2 (0.9) |
Same as usual | 34 (15.0) |
Don’t know | 106 (46.7) |
OAT recipients | N = 69 |
|---|---|
n (%) | |
Discussed ≥ 1 strategy to favour OAT continuity with prescriber | 33 (47.8) |
Strategies discusseda: | |
Initiation of take-home/carry doses | 15 (45.5) |
Allowing longer take-home and prescription intervals | 17 (51.5) |
Arrangements to have medication delivered | 9 (27.2) |
Initiation of suboxone, methadone or other forms of treatment for opioid use disorder | 7 (21.2) |
Dosage modification | 6 (18.2) |
Initiation of co-medication (e.g. clonidine, loperamide) | 2 (6.1) |
Missed ≥ 1 OAT dose due to service disruptions | 15 (21.7) |