The ‘cascade of care’ has seen widespread uptake as a framework for measuring patient engagement in care for chronic conditions including HIV, hepatitis C and diabetes.¹ Attention recently turned to its potential utility in the field of addiction care, particularly in relation to opioid use disorders (OUD) and opioid agonist treatment (OAT).^2,3 The OUD cascade is now being positioned as a tool to guide public health action in epidemics of opioid addiction and overdose, in North America and elsewhere.^2,3

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制定针对阿片类药物和过量服用危机的公共卫生应对措施：是否有替代级联护理模式的方法？

“级联护理”已被广泛采用，作为衡量患者参与慢性病护理（包括 HIV、丙型肝炎和糖尿病）护理的框架。¹最近的注意力转向了它在成瘾治疗领域的潜在用途，特别是与阿片类药物使用障碍 (OUD) 和阿片类激动剂治疗 (OAT) 相关的领域。^{2 , 3} OUD 级联现在被定位为一种工具，可以在北美和其他地方指导针对阿片类药物成瘾和过量的流行病采取公共卫生行动。^{2、3 _ _}