Emergency Department Visits by Patients with Substance Use Disorder in the United States

Introduction: We aimed to characterize emergency department (ED) utilization and clinical characteristics of patients with substance use disorder (SUD) seeking emergency care for all reasons. Methods: Using 2016–2017 ED data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, we investigated...

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Main Authors: Xingyu Zhang, Ningyuan Wang, Fengsu Hou, Yaseen Ali, Aaron Dora-Laskey, Chin Hwa Dahlem, Sean Esteban McCabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2021-09-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5z5303j4