Naloxone Distribution and Training for Patients with High-Risk Opioid Use in a Veterans Affairs Community-Based Primary Care Clinic
Author(s) -
Katie E. Raffel,
Leila Y. Beach,
John K. Lin,
Jacob E. Berchuck,
S.E. Abram,
Elizabeth Markle,
Shalini Patel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the permanente journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1552-5775
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/17-179
Subject(s) - medicine , (+) naloxone , opioid overdose , specialty , veterans affairs , medical prescription , population , mental health , opioid , emergency medicine , family medicine , nursing , psychiatry , environmental health , receptor
Naloxone distribution has historically been implemented in a community-based, expanded public health model; however, there is now a need to further explore primary care clinic-based naloxone delivery to effectively address the nationwide opioid epidemic.
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