Czeisler, Mark É (2022) Editorial. A case for permanent adoption of expanded telehealth services and prescribing flexibilities for opioid use disorder: insights from pandemic-prompted emergency authorities. JAMA Psychiatry, 79, (10), pp. 950-952. 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.2032.
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In the 20 years from 1999 to 2019, nearly 500 000 individuals in the US died of opioid-involved overdoses, as annual drug overdose deaths quadrupled.2 In the next 10 years, almost 500 000 more opioid-involved overdose deaths were projected,3 even before escalating overdose deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic. These past and projected fatalities, which do not capture broader consequences of the epidemic (eg, morbidity, bereavement, health care costs, criminal justice costs, lost productivity), illustrate the magnitude of this crisis....
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Communicable / infectious disease > Viral disease / infection > Coronavirus (COVID-19)
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance replacement method (substitution) > Opioid agonist treatment (methadone maintenance / buprenorphine)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Treatment and maintenance > Treatment factors
N Communication, information and education > Telehealth / Telemedicine / mHealth / eHealth
VA Geographic area > International
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