Meeting
Abstract Number: 293
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic relapsing disease that has become an epidemic in the United States. Overdoses of prescription and illicit opioids have killed almost 450,000 Americans between 1999-2018 (1). Guidelines on OUD management recommend, in combination with behavioral therapy, opioid agonist therapy as the first-line treatment option with antagonist therapy as an alternative option. OUD-related inpatient admissions represent […]