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Legal Authority for Emergency Medical Services to Increase Access to Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder.

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In this article, the federal legal landscape that governs the ability of EMS professionals to administer buprenorphine treatment, and discuss state and local regulatory considerations relevant to this promising and emerging practice.
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Medicaid expansion and drug overdose mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined trends in overdose mortality nationally and by state Medicaid expansion status from 2013 to 2020 and found that expansion was associated with increased access to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services for low-income adults.
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Antecedents of fatal overdose in an adult cohort identified through administrative record linkage in Indiana, 2015-2022.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined touchpoints within 12-months prior to a fatal overdose among an adult cohort and explored variation over time and by demographic characteristics, finding that prison release had the highest touchpoint rate followed by emergency medical services responses, jail booking, emergency department visits, and prescription medication dispensation.
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Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2017–2018

TL;DR: Comprehensive surveillance and prevention measures are critical to reducing opioid-involved deaths, including continued surveillance of evolving drug use and overdose, polysubstance use, and the changing illicit drug market.
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Medication for Opioid Use Disorder After Nonfatal Opioid Overdose and Association With Mortality: A Cohort Study.

TL;DR: In this paper, a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model was used to examine MOUD as a monthly time-varying exposure variable to predict time to all-cause and opioid-related mortality.
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National and State Treatment Need and Capacity for Opioid Agonist Medication-Assisted Treatment

TL;DR: Significant gaps between treatment need and capacity exist at the state and national levels and strategies to increase the number of OA-MAT providers are needed.
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Vital Signs: Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Opioid Overdoses - United States, July 2016-September 2017.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined emergency department (ED) syndromic and hospital billing data on opioid-involved overdoses during July 2016-September 2017 to assess trends based on urban development, data from 16 states analyzed by state and urbanization level.
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