ArticleJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open2023
An evaluation of the association between specific post-overdose care services in emergency departments and subsequent treatment engagement.
Article in Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Recovery Capital and Subsequent Overdose Risk and Addiction Treatment Engagement Among Emergency Department Patients at High Risk of Opioid Overdose.Substance use & misuse · 2025Trial
- Effect of a peer-led emergency department behavioral intervention on non-fatal opioid overdose: 18-month outcome in the Navigator randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024Trial
- Hepatitis C Care Cascade in Opioid-Dependent Emergency Department Patients.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
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- Predictors of non-transport by emergency medical services after a nonfatal opioid overdose: a national analysis.Health affairs scholar · 2025Article
- Engagement in substance use disorder treatment after an emergency department visit among persons at high risk of opioid overdose: A prediction analysis.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2024Article
- Evaluation of an emergency department-based approach to reduce subsequent opioid overdoses.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2024Article
- Facilitators of and barriers to buprenorphine initiation in the emergency department: a scoping review.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
- Trends in recurrent overdose and treatment initiation following emergency department visits for opioid overdose between 2016 and 2021.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Association Between Emergency Department Operational Metrics and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Interest in Two Rhode Island Hospitals.Rhode Island medical journal (2013) · 2024Observational
- Enhancing Outcomes in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: An Economic Evaluation of Improving Medication Adherence for Buprenorphine Through Blister-Packaging.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Outcomes of a mobile medical unit for low-threshold buprenorphine access targeting opioid overdose hot spots in Chicago.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
- An evaluation of the association between specific post-overdose care services in emergency departments and subsequent treatment engagement.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the association between receipt of specific post-overdose care services in the emergency department (ED) and subsequent engagement in treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) after discharge. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of Rhode Island residents treated at 1 of 4 EDs for opioid overdose who were not engaged in OUD treatment and were discharged home (May 2016-April 2021). Electronic health record data were used to identify ED services received, and state administrative data were used to define subsequent engagement in OUD treatment within 30 days. Multivariable conditional logistic regression was used to estimate the association between ED services received and subsequent treatment engagement. Results: Overall, 1008 people not engaged in OUD treatment were treated at study EDs for opioid overdose and discharged home, of whom 146 (14%) subsequently engaged in OUD treatment within 30 days. Most patients were aged 25 to 44 years (59%) and non-Hispanic White (69%). Receipt of behavioral counseling in the ED (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.79, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.18-2.71) and initiation of buprenorphine treatment in/from the ED (aOR = 5.86, 95% CI = 2.70-12.71) were associated with treatment engagement. Receipt of a take-home naloxone kit or naloxone prescription and referral to treatment at discharge were not associated with treatment engagement. Overall, 49% of patients received behavioral counseling in the ED, and 3% initiated buprenorphine in/from the ED. Conclusion: Strategies for increasing provision of behavioral counseling and initiation of buprenorphine in the ED may be useful for improving subsequent engagement in OUD treatment after discharge.
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