Assessment of the impact of an opioid-specific education series on rates of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in veterans.

CONCLUSION: Focused OUD-related education in a substance abuse program for veterans with OUD increased rates of MAT and was associated with a decrease in OUD-related ED visits and/or hospital admission within 1 year. PMID: 33289022 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33289022?dopt=Abstract

Source: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : AJHP - December 8, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Kirby T, Connell R, Linneman T Tags: Am J Health Syst Pharm Source Type: research