Addiction Treatment in Texas: Rural Gain Access To and Transport Solutions
Texas is big in ways that do not translate on a map. Two people can live in the same healthcare catchment area but be two and a half hours apart by pickup truck. When the nearest opioid use disorder clinic is 85 miles away, or the only intensive outpatient program runs evening groups three counties over, transportation is not a convenience problem. It is the make-or-break element of care. I have worked with programs on both sides of this divide, from a mobile unit that p
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Texas is big in ways that do not translate on a map. Two people can live in the same healthcare catchment area but be two and a half hours apart by pickup truck. When the nearest opioid use disorder clinic is 85 miles away, or the only intensive outpatient program runs evening groups three counties over, transportation is not a convenience problem. It is the make-or-break element of care. I have worked with programs on both sides of this divide, from a mobile unit that p
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