Secret Shopper Study Sheds Light on Barriers to Opioid Treatment for Women (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Secret Shopper Study Sheds Light on Barriers to Opioid Treatment for Women

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After a 2020 Vanderbilt University Medical Center study showed women have a difficult time accessing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), investigators analyzed comments received from the study's participants to further shed light on barriers to care, which included everything from long on-hold times to difficult interactions with clinic receptionists during phone calls seeking appointments.

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