Open AccessOpioid-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations among patients with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms and disorders dually enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare Part D
Author(s) -
Salva Balbale,
Lishan Cao,
Itishree Trivedi,
Jonah J. Stulberg,
Katie J. Suda,
Walid F. Gellad,
Charlesnika T. Evans,
Neil Jordan,
Laurie Keefer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american journal of health-system pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1535-2900
pISSN - 1079-2082
DOI - 10.1093/ajhp/zxab363
Subject(s) - medicine , veterans affairs , emergency department , medicaid , retrospective cohort study , chronic pain , logistic regression , abdominal pain , cohort , opioid , emergency medicine , psychiatry , health care , economics , economic growth , receptor
We examined the prevalence of, and factors associated with, serious opioid-related adverse drug events (ORADEs) that led to an emergency department (ED) visit or hospitalization among patients with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and disorders dually enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Medicare Part D.