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Table 2 ED visits where a MSUD was prescribed at discharge from 2019 to 2021

From: Naloxone prescriptions among patients with a substance use disorder and a positive fentanyl urine drug screen presenting to the emergency department

Data Subset

Naloxone

Buprenorphine

Naltrexone

Methadone

Acamprosate

Disulfiram

 

Percentage (counts)

Percentage (counts)

Percentage (counts)

Percentage (counts)

Percentage (counts)

Percentage (counts)

All ED visitsa

1.3 (138/10510)

0.3 (33/10510)

0.6 (58/10510)

0.2 (19/10510)

0.1 (12/10510)

0.1 (9/10510)

UDS fentanyl POS

3.5 (49/1408)

1.5 (21/1408)

0.2 (3/1408)

0.2 (3/1408)

0.1 (1/1408)

0.1 (1/1408)

Current diagnosis of OUD

7.0 (72/1028)

2.6 (27/1028)

0.3 (3/1028)

0.9 (9/1028)

0.0 (0/1028)

0.1 (1/1028)

Current OUD diagnosis and UDS fentanyl POS

8.7 (30/346)

6.1 (21/346)

0.9 (3/346)

0.3 (1/346)

0.0 (0/346)

0.3 (1/346)

UDS fentanyl POS without an OUD diagnosis

1.8 (19/1062)

0.0 (0/1062)

0.0 (0/1062)

0.2 (2/1062)

0.1 (1/1062)

0.0 (0/1062)

Discharge diagnosis SUD-related

3.7 (108/2953)

0.5 (15/2953)

1.4 (42/2953)

0.1 (2/2953)

0.3 (8/2953)

0.2 (7/2953)

Discharge diagnosis OUD-related

16.3 (50/307)

2.6 (8/307)

0.3 (1/307)

0.3 (1/307)

0.0 (0/307)

0.0 (0/307)

Discharge diagnosis SUD-related and UDS fentanyl POS

9.1 (37/405)

2.0 (8/405)

0.5 (2/405)

0.2 (1/405)

0.0 (0/405)

0.2 (1/405)

Discharge diagnosis SUD-related excluding OUD and AUD

4.9 (51/1038)

0.3 (3/1038)

0.3 (1038)

0.0 (0/1038)

0.0 (0/1038)

0.0 (0/1038)

Discharge diagnosis SUD-related excluding OUD and AUD but with a UDS fentanyl POS

8.4 (19/225)

0.0 (0/225)

0.9 (2/225)

0.0 (0/225)

0.0 (0/225)

0.0 (0/225)

  1. ED emergency department, MSUD medication for a substance use disorder, UDS urine drug screen, OUD opioid use disorder, SUD substance use disorder, AUD alcohol use disorder, POS positive
  2. aAll ED visits that meet study criteria