2025
Racial, ethnic, and sex disparities in buprenorphine treatment from emergency departments by discharge diagnosis
Chhabra N, Smith D, Parde N, Hsing‐Smith N, Bianco J, Taylor R, D'Onofrio G, Karnik N. Racial, ethnic, and sex disparities in buprenorphine treatment from emergency departments by discharge diagnosis. Academic Emergency Medicine 2025 PMID: 40277252, DOI: 10.1111/acem.70035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid withdrawalPrescribing of buprenorphineEmergency departmentSex disparitiesBlack patientsDischarge diagnosisEffects of opioidsOpioid overdoseED-initiated buprenorphineOpioid-related ED encountersMultivariate logistic regressionReceipt of buprenorphineFemale patientsOpioid complicationsBuprenorphine treatmentWhite patientsCross-sectional analysisOpioid-related encountersOpioidAmerican patientsAdjusted oddsDecreased oddsBuprenorphinePatientsSubtype analysis
2023
Implementation Facilitation to Promote Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
D’Onofrio G, Edelman E, Hawk K, Chawarski M, Pantalon M, Owens P, Martel S, Rothman R, Saheed M, Schwartz R, Cowan E, Richardson L, Salsitz E, Lyons M, Freiermuth C, Wilder C, Whiteside L, Tsui J, Klein J, Coupet E, O’Connor P, Matthews A, Murphy S, Huntley K, Fiellin D. Implementation Facilitation to Promote Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e235439. PMID: 37017967, PMCID: PMC10077107, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.5439.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderRate of patientsOUD treatmentImplementation facilitationED visitsObservational cohortED cliniciansX-waiverUse disordersEmergency Department-Initiated BuprenorphineUntreated opioid use disorderEvaluation periodHybrid type 3Provision of buprenorphineBaseline periodGrand roundsRates of EDPrimary outcomeWhite patientsAcademic EDBlack patientsED patientsEmergency departmentCommunity cliniciansMAIN OUTCOMERacial and ethnic disparities in emergency department–initiated buprenorphine across five health care systems
Holland W, Li F, Nath B, Jeffery M, Stevens M, Melnick E, Dziura J, Khidir H, Skains R, D'Onofrio G, Soares W. Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department–initiated buprenorphine across five health care systems. Academic Emergency Medicine 2023, 30: 709-720. PMID: 36660800, PMCID: PMC10467357, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderCommunity emergency departmentsEmergency departmentDischarge diagnosisHealth care systemHispanic patientsBlack patientsHospital typeCare systemNon-Hispanic patientsOpioid overdose deathsClinical decision support systemOpioid withdrawalPrimary outcomeMedication treatmentBuprenorphine accessED treatmentTreatment accessOverdose deathsX-waiverBuprenorphinePatientsUse disordersEthnic disparitiesSecondary analysis
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