Medication for opioid use disorder at hospital discharge is not associated with intravenous antibiotic completion in post-acute care facilities.
Date
2022-06-21Journal
Therapeutic Advances in Infectious DiseasePublisher
SAGE Publications Inc.Type
Article
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9218897/https://doi.org/10.1177/20499361221103877
Abstract
A total of 161 patient encounters were included; the mean age was 43.4 years and 56% of patients were male. In 48% of the encounters, the patient was homeless and in 68% they recently injected drugs. The most common infectious syndrome was osteoarticular (44.1%). Medication for opioid use disorder was prescribed at discharge in 103 of 161 encounters and was newly started in 27 encounters. Similar rates of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy completion were found in those who received (65/103) and did not receive (33/58) medication for opioid use disorder at discharge (odds ratio: 1.29; 95% confidence interval: 0.68-2.54; p = 0.44).Rights/Terms
© The Author(s), 2022.Keyword
injection drug usemedication for opioid use disorder
outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy
substance use disorder
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http://hdl.handle.net/10713/19294ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/20499361221103877