Factors associated with mortality following hospitalization among veterans with opioid use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hospitalizations are common among people with opioid use disorder (OUD). While hospitalizations represent opportunities to engage patients and offer treatment, they are also destabilizing events associated with an increased risk of death in the post-hospitalization period.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study within the Veterans Health Administration including all Veterans with OUD who experienced at least one medical hospitalization between January 2011 and December 2021. We examined which patient-level clinical and demographic factors were associated with all-cause and opioid-related mortality within 0-30 and 0-365 days following an index medical hospitalization.

Results

The cohort included 90,920 Veterans with OUD who experienced one or mo

SUBMITTER: Incze MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12488471 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature