Medical Providers’ Knowledge and Concerns about Opioid Overdose Education and Take-Home Naloxone Rescue Kits within Veterans Affairs Health Care Medical Treatment Settings
Winograd RP, Davis CS, Niculete M, Oliva E, Martielli RP. Medical Providers’ Knowledge and Concerns about Opioid Overdose Education and Take-Home Naloxone Rescue Kits within Veterans Affairs Health Care Medical Treatment Settings. Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2017, 38: 135-140. PMID: 28486076, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2017.1303424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverdose educationOpioid prescribingVeterans Affairs (VA) health care settingsTreatment settingsMedical providersIatrogenic effectsPrimary care clinicsOpioid overdose educationNaloxone rescue kitsMajority of providersHealth care settingsMedical treatment settingsNaloxone prescribingOEND implementationSerious public healthPrescription ratesCare clinicsOpioid overdoseCare settingsClinical concernRescue kitsPrescribingOpioidsPatientsBaseline knowledge