Healthcare costs and use before and after opioid overdose in Veterans Health Administration patients with opioid use disorder.
Vilija R JoyceElizabeth M OlivaCarla C GarciaJodie TraftonSteven M AschTodd H WagnerKeith N HumphreysDouglas K OwensMark BounthavongPublished in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2023)
The US Veterans Health Administration patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) who have experienced an opioid overdose have increased healthcare costs and use that remain significantly higher in the month and continuing through the year after overdose than OUD patients who have not experienced an overdose.