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Return on investment of an asynchronous telehealth program for opioid use disorder assessment in a Canadian correctional facility

Return on investment of an asynchronous telehealth program for opioid use disorder assessment in a canadian correctional facility

The study aims to estimate the return on investment of an asynchronous telehealth model used to assess opioid use disorder and initiate opioid agonist therapy in a Canadian correctional facility.

The aim is to estimate the return on investment (ROI) of an asynchronous telehealth consultation model used to assess opioid use disorder and initiate opioid agonist therapy (OAT) in a Canadian correctional facility. The analysis will be conducted from the perspective of the publicly funded healthcare system and will compare the asynchronous telehealth model with conventional on-site assessment processes. Costs will include nursing and physician time and operational resources; economic returns will be estimated using implementation metrics such as time to OAT initiation, consultation volume, reductions in repeat service requests, and OAT initiation rates, with downstream health system outcomes also examined. The abstract does not yet report any findings; it states that the analysis will estimate program costs and potential cost offsets associated with changes in time to treatment initiation, consultation demand, and patterns of OAT initiation. The study is expected to generate evidence on the value to the healthcare system of expanding telehealth-supported addiction care in correctional settings.

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