Co-occurring substance use disorders among patients with opioid use disorder in rural primary care clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Co-occurring substance use disorders (SUDs) among individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) are associated with additional impairment, overdose, and death. This study examined characteristics of patients who have OUD with and without co-occurring SUDs in rural primary care clinics.

Methods

Secondary analysis used electronic health record (EHR) data from six rural primary care clinics, including demographics, diagnoses, encounters, and prescriptions of medication for OUD (MOUD), as well as EHR data from an external telemedicine vendor that provided MOUD to some clinic patients. The study population included all adult patients who had a visit to the participating clinics from October 2019 to January 2021.

Results

We identified 1164 patients with OUD; 72.6 %

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11522973 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature