COVID19 pandemic and people with opioid use disorder: innovation to reduce risk

The Covid-19 pandemic is creating a vast and growing number of challenges for all. People with a history of opioid use disorder (OUD) also may be exposed to additional risks. Piedmont one of the areas most severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with large numbers of people infected and related...

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Autores principales: Vecchio, Sarah, Ramella, Roberto, Drago, Alessandra, Carraro, Daniele, Littlewood, Richard, Somaini, Lorenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7190508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32387795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113047
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Sumario:The Covid-19 pandemic is creating a vast and growing number of challenges for all. People with a history of opioid use disorder (OUD) also may be exposed to additional risks. Piedmont one of the areas most severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with large numbers of people infected and related mortality. In the region, specialists responsible for OUD care identified the risk that the existing care system exposed patients to. Teams designed and implemented innovation approaches to enable continuation of care and reduce the inherent system risk to patients with OUD.

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