Weiner, Scott G and Little, Kacey and Yoo, Jiah and Flores, Diana P and Hildebran, Christi and Wright, Dagan A and Ritter, Grant A and El Ibrahimi, Sanae (2024) Opioid overdose after medication for opioid use disorder initiation following hospitalization or ED visit. JAMA Network Open, 7, (7), e2423954. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.23954.
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Importance: Hospitalizations related to opioid use disorder (OUD) represent an opportunity to initiate medication for OUD (MOUD).
Question: Is starting medication for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment after a hospital visit associated with lower odds of future fatal or nonfatal opioid overdose?
Findings: In this cohort study of 22 235 patients with an OUD-related hospital visit, 5.3% commenced medication for OUD within 7 days, and these patients had lower adjusted odds of fatal or nonfatal opioid overdose at 6 months.
Meaning: The findings suggest that hospital visits are an opportunity to initiate medication for OUD and are associated with lower odds of opioid overdose at 6 months.
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
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 > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Treatment and maintenance > Treatment factors
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Type of care > Emergency care
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility > Hospital
VA Geographic area > United States
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