Improving transitions of care for patients initiated on buprenorphine for opioid use disorder from the emergency departments in King County, Washington

Abstract Study objective Opioid use disorder (OUD) is on the rise nationwide with increasing emergency department (ED) visits and deaths secondary to overdose. Although previous research has shown that patients who are started on buprenorphine in the ED have increased engagement in addiction treatme...

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Main Authors: Callan Elswick Fockele, Herbert C. Duber, Brad Finegood, Sophie C. Morse, Lauren K. Whiteside
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12408