Primary care is good for recovery

~ Jason Schwartz
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Primary care visits are associated with better recovery outcomes:

A yearly primary care visit was also positively associated with remission (OR, 1.39), as was continuing care (OR, 2.34), defined as:

  • having at least 1 yearly primary care visit,
  • completing substance abuse treatment or receiving further treatment,
  • receiving alcohol or drug treatment when the alcohol or drug Addiction Severity Index (ASI) score at last assessment was higher than 0, and
  • receiving psychiatric services when the psychiatric ASI score at last assessment was higher than 0.

Makes our primary care project look pretty smart.

Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.