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Medication for opioid use disorder at hospital discharge is not associated with intravenous antibiotic completion in post-acute care facilities.

Edward Conan TraverPatrick R ChingShivakumar Narayanan
Published in: Therapeutic advances in infectious disease (2022)
Medication for opioid use disorder prescription at discharge was not associated with completion of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in a post-acute care facility. Our study is limited by possible selection bias and infrequent initiation of medication for opioid use disorder, which may have minimized the effect on antibiotic completion.
Keyphrases
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