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Eur J Epidemiol
January 2025
Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada.
Background: Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) is the most effective intervention for opioid use disorder (OUD), but retention has decreased due to increasingly potent drugs like fentanyl. This cohort can be used retrospectively to observe trends in service utilization, healthcare integration, healthcare costs and patient outcomes. It also facilitates the design of observational studies to mimic a prospective design.
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January 2025
School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Improving the quality of medication use and medication safety are important priorities for healthcare providers who care for older adults. The objective of this article was to identify four exemplary articles with this focus in 2023. We selected high-quality studies that advanced this field of research.
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January 2025
Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, England, CT2 7NF, UK.
Background: Opioids are frequently prescribed for short-term acute pain following surgery. Used appropriately, opioids deliver extremely favourable pain relief. Used longer than 90-days, however, can result in health complications, including unintentional overdose and addiction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurg Obes Relat Dis
January 2025
Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
J Subst Use Addict Treat
January 2025
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine; Appalachian Institute to Advance Health Equity Science (ADVANCE), Athens, OH 45701, United States of America. Electronic address:
Introduction: Buprenorphine is a highly effective medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD; OUD), which can be prescribed alongside naloxone in the primary care setting as part of a harm reduction approach to OUD. Despite this potential, implementation challenges have limited adoption of MOUD. To address barriers at the organizational level, we need better tools to measure perceived organizational support for the treatment of OUD and use of MOUD in the primary care setting.
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