Psychiatric News (3/29) reports, “Pennsylvania patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) were more likely to receive a prescription for buprenorphine within 30 days of a visit to the emergency department (ED) if they were seen at a hospital participating in the state’s Opioid Hospital Quality Improvement Program than those seen at a hospital that did not participate in this program,” researchers concluded after analyzing “data on 17,428 adults (about 57% male) who were enrolled in Medicaid and were seen in an ED for an opioid-related cause (for example, opioid withdrawal or opioid overdose) between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2020.” The findings were published online March 24 in JAMA Health Forum.
Related Links:
— “Hospital Incentive Program Found to Increase Buprenorphine Prescriptions for Patients With OUD, Psychiatric News, March 29, 2023