Follow-up treatments after opioid overdose rare among insured patients

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) The majority of commercially insured patients who visited the emergency department (ED) for an opioid overdose didn't receive the timely follow-up care known to help prevent a future overdose or death. Of nearly 6,500 patients treated in EDs nationwide for an overdose or other opioid-related medical complications, only 16 percent accessed opioid use disorder (OUD) medications or another form of treatment within three months of the ED visit
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news