Lacking evidence for the association between frequent urine drug screening and health outcomes of persons on opioid agonist therapy

Lit review
by
McEachern, Jasmine et al

Release Date

2018

Geography

Canada

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

No

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

Yes

Objective

Assess the effect of and recommendations for urine drug screening on health outcomes for persons with OUD who receive OAT

Findings/Key points

Did not find evidence of effectiveness of urine drug screening on patient health; identified a serious research gap

Design/methods

Lit review
doi.org

Keywords

Evidence base
Policy/Regulatory
Safer supply