Causes of Death in the 12 Months After Hospital Discharge Among Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

Conclusions Hospitalized patients with OUD are at high risk of death, from drug and non-drug related causes, in the year after discharge. Future research should consider not only overdose, but a more comprehensive definition of drug-related death in understanding post-discharge mortality among hospitalized patients with OUD, and care systems should work to mitigate the risk of death in this population.
Source: Journal of Addiction Medicine - Category: Addiction Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: research