Welcome to
RESPOND!
RESPOND is a model that simulates a population with high-risk opioid use that experiences movement on and off medication for opioid use disorder. The model provides values describing outcomes such as the number of overdoses and the costs accrued by the population. This online tool is intended to allow users to explore the impact of various policies on these outcomes with a simplified, customizable interface.
About This Tool
This website is a user-friendly, simplified version of the RESPOND model. The goal of this tool is to help anyone interested, such as academic researchers, policy-makers, and more, understand the impact of and make decisions about research and implementation of interventions related to opioid use. Use the Simulation page to run our default values, or update the values to test your hypotheses. Examples of questions you can answer with the model include:
- How would fatal overdoses change if buprenorphine uptake is doubled?
- How much would it cost if we increase the probability of staying in residential treatment?
- How would outcomes change if we decreased the probability of arrest?
At default, our model represents individuals who use opioids in Massachusetts. Our baseline treatment states include: No Treatment, Methadone, Buprenorphine, Naltrexone, Residential, Detox, and Detention. With data, users of the tool can add new treatment states and ask even more questions.