Opioid use disorder and health service utilization among COVID-19 patients in the US: A nationwide cohort from the Cerner Real-World Data

Background: Both opioid use and COVID-19 affect respiratory and pulmonary health, potentially putting individuals with opioid use disorders (OUD) at risk for complications from COVID-19. We examine the relationship between OUD and subsequent hospitalization, length of stay, risk for invasive ventila...

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Main Authors: Fares Qeadan, Benjamin Tingey, Rona Bern, Christina A. Porucznik, Kevin English, Ali I. Saeed, Erin Fanning Madden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537021002182