Impact of Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine on Repeat Emergency Department Utilization

Impact of Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine on Repeat Emergency Department Utilization

Introduction: Recent studies have demonstrated the promise of emergency department (ED)-initiated buprenorphine/naloxone (bup/nx) for improving 30-day retention in outpatient addiction care programs for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). We investigated whether ED-initiated bup/nx for OUD also...

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Main Authors: Rachel M. Skains, Lindy Reynolds, Nicholas Carlisle, Sonya Heath, Whitney Covington, Kyle Hornbuckle, Lauren Walter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2023-11-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/99b0x5jr

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