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 NarayananPublished 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.