Substance Use Disorder Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management for Patients Hospitalized With Severe Infections Due to Injection Drug Use

Jicha, Crystal; Saxon, David; R. Lofwall, Michelle; Fanucchi, Laura

doi:10.1097/adm.0000000000000454

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Substance Use Disorder Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management for Patients Hospitalized With Severe Infections Due to Injection Drug Use

Published in Journal of Addiction Medicine • Sep 29, 2018

Authors:

Crystal Jicha

David Saxon

Michelle R. Lofwall

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Persons with injection drug use (IDU) have high healthcare utilization. Consequently, healthcare providers have opportunities to identify and treat underlying substance use disorders (SUD) that drive these hospitalizations. The study purpose was to characterize current SUD evaluation and...

Subject

Medicine

Referral

Intervention (counseling)

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