Undertreatment of opioid use disorder in patients hospitalized with injection drug use-associated infections.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) initiation and addiction consultation and outcomes for patients hospitalized with infectious complications of injecting opioids.

Method

This was a retrospective cohort study performed at four academic medical centers in the United States. The participants were patients who had been hospitalized with infectious complications of injecting opioids in 2018. Three hundred and twenty-two patients were included and their individual patient records were manually reviewed to identify inpatient receipt of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), initiation of MOUD, and addiction consultation. The main outcomes of interest were premature discharge, MOUD on discharge, linkage to outpatient MOUD, on

SUBMITTER: Rosenthal ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481931 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature