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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 4/2019

01-04-2019 | Concise Research Reports

A Cross-sectional Survey Using Clinical Vignettes to Examine Overdose Risk Assessment and Willingness to Prescribe Naloxone

Authors: J. Deanna Wilson, MD, MPH, Justin Berk, MD, MPH, MBA, Pamela Matson, PhD, MPH, Natalie Spicyn, MD, MHS, Anika Alvanzo, MD, MHS, Hoover Adger, MD, MPH, MBA, Leonard Feldman, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 4/2019

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Excerpt

The number of opioid-related overdose deaths has increased concurrently with rising rates of opioid use nationally.1 Clinical encounters offer an opportunity to provide high-risk patients with targeted interventions,2 yet clinicians routinely miss the opportunity to deliver risk reduction counseling and naloxone to appropriate patients3 due, in part, to knowledge gaps.4, 5
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go back to reference Volkow ND and McLellan AT. Opioid abuse in chronic-pain--misconceptions and mitigation strategies. NEJM. 2016;374:1253–63.CrossRefPubMed Volkow ND and McLellan AT. Opioid abuse in chronic-pain--misconceptions and mitigation strategies. NEJM. 2016;374:1253–63.CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
A Cross-sectional Survey Using Clinical Vignettes to Examine Overdose Risk Assessment and Willingness to Prescribe Naloxone
Authors
J. Deanna Wilson, MD, MPH
Justin Berk, MD, MPH, MBA
Pamela Matson, PhD, MPH
Natalie Spicyn, MD, MHS
Anika Alvanzo, MD, MHS
Hoover Adger, MD, MPH, MBA
Leonard Feldman, MD
Publication date
01-04-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4733-y

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