Variability in opioid use disorder clinical presentations and treatment in the emergency department: A mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is strong evidence for emergency department (ED)-initiated treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). However, implementation is variable, and ED management of OUD may differ by clinical presentation. Our aim was to use mixed methods to explore variation in ED-based OUD care by patient clinical presentation and understand barriers and facilitators to ED implementation of OUD treatment across scenarios.

Methods

We analyzed treatment outcomes in OUD-related visits within three urban, academic EDs from 12/2018 to 7/2020 following the implementation of interventions to increase ED-initiated OUD treatment. We assessed differences in treatment with medications for OUD (MOUDs) by clinical presentation (overdose, withdrawal, others). These data were integrated with res

SUBMITTER: Faude S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038883 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature