Open AccessPutting Parity into Practice — Integrating Opioid-Use Disorder Treatment into the Hospital Setting
Author(s) -
Laura Fanucchi,
Michelle R. Lofwall
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmp1606157
Subject(s) - medicine , opioid use disorder , parity (physics) , opioid , opioid related disorders , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , psychiatry , family medicine , opioid epidemic , physics , particle physics , receptor
U.S. hospitalizations for severe infections associated with illicit opioid use have doubled over the past decade and are often prolonged and resource-intensive, but medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder can be integrated into hospital care.
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