Journal article
Hospital and physician-based mental healthcare during 12 months of opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder: Exploring costs and factors associated with acute care
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) have a high prevalence of co-occurring mental health disorders; however, there exists little information on mental health service use for this population. We aimed to determine the prevalence of non-substance use-related mental health emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and outpatient physician visits for individuals receiving treatment for OUD over one year. We also …
Authors
Rosic T; Babe G; Rodrigues M; Dennis BB; Perez R; de Oliveira C; Worster A; Thabane L; Samaan Z
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 20, No. 1,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0314296
ISSN
1932-6203