Methadone Patient Access to Collaborative Treatment: Protocol for a Pilot and a Randomized Controlled Trial to Establish Feasibility of Adoption and Impact on Methadone Treatment Delivery and Patient Outcomes

Beth E Meyerson   ^{1, 2} , MDiv, PhD ;   Alissa Davis   ^{1, 3} , PhD, MA ;   Richard A Crosby   ^{1, 4} , PhD, MA ;   Linnea B Linde-Krieger   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Benjamin R Brady   ^{1, 2, 5} , MA, DrPH ;   Gregory A Carter   ^{1, 6} , MSN, PhD ;   Arlene N Mahoney   ^{1, 7} , MSW ;   David Frank   ^{1, 8} , PhD, MA ;   Janet Rothers   ^{1, 9} , PhD, MS ;   Zhanette Coffee   ^{1, 2, 10} , MSN, PhD ;   Elana Deuble   ¹¹ , MSW ;   Jonathon Ebert   ¹¹ ;   Mary F Jablonsky   ¹¹ ;   Marlena Juarez   ¹¹ ;   Barbara Lee   ¹² ;   Heather M Lorenz   ¹² , BSW ;   Michael D Pava   ¹¹ , MA ;   Kristen Tinsely   ¹¹ ;   Sana Yousaf   ¹

¹ Harm Reduction Research Lab, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States

² Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction, University of Arizona Health Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

³ School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

⁴ College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States

⁵ College of Health and Human Services, School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

⁶ School of Nursing, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States

⁷ Southwest Recovery Alliance, Phoenix, AZ, United States

⁸ School of Global Health, New York University, New York, NY, United States

⁹ StatLab, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

¹⁰ College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

¹¹ Community Medical Services, Phoenix, AZ, United States

¹² Drug Policy Research and Advocacy Board, Tucson, AZ, United States