According to HealthDay (9/20, Reinberg), hospitalized people with opioid use disorder (OUD) appear to “die at a rate similar to people who have a heart attack after leaving the hospital,” investigators concluded after examining “data on more than 6,600 Medicaid patients treated in Oregon hospitals between April 2015 and December 2017.” The study revealed that “nearly 8% of patients addicted to opioids died within 12 months of hospital discharge.” The findings were published in the September issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine.
Related Links:
— “Opioid Use Disorder Is as Deadly as Heart Attack: Study ” Steven Reinberg, HealthDay, September 20, 2021