Illicit drug use while admitted to hospital: Patient and health care provider perspectives.

BACKGROUND:Across North America, the opioid overdose epidemic is leading to increasing hospitalizations of people who use drugs (PWUD). However, hospitals are ill-prepared to meet the needs of PWUD. We focus on illicit drug use while admitted to hospital and how PWUD and health care providers descri...

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Main Authors: Carol Strike, Samantha Robinson, Adrian Guta, Darrell H Tan, Bill O'Leary, Curtis Cooper, Ross Upshur, Soo Chan Carusone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229713