| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6801327 | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
- Women and older patients were less likely to get take-home naloxone or recovery coach consultation.
- Death is frequent in the year following an emergency department visit for opioid overdose.
- Less than a third of patients treated for an opioid overdose initiated opioid agonist therapy.
- Patients receiving a recovery coach had shorter time to initiation of opioid agonist therapy.
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Authors
Elizabeth A. Samuels, Steven L. Bernstein, Brandon D.L. Marshall, Maxwell Krieger, Janette Baird, Michael J. Mello,