Physician-Perceived Barriers to Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department

Authors

Gideon Logan, HCA HealthcareFollow
Amber Mirajkar, HCA HealthcareFollow
Jessica Houck, HCA HealthcareFollow
Fernando Rivera-Alvarez, HCA HealthcareFollow
Emily Drone, HCA HealthcareFollow
Parth Patel, HCA HealthcareFollow
Alexandra Craen, HCA HealthcareFollow
Larissa Dub, HCA HealthcareFollow
Nubaha Elahi, HCA HealthcareFollow
David Lebowitz, HCA HealthcareFollow
Ayanna Walker, HCA HealthcareFollow
Latha Ganti, HCA HealthcareFollow

Division

North Florida

Hospital

Osceola Regional Medical Center

Document Type

Manuscript

Publication Date

11-26-2021

Keywords

opioid epidemic, naltrexone, buprenorphine, methadone, opioid, x-waiver, medication-assisted treatment, opioid use disorder

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine

Publisher or Conference

Cureus

Recommended Citation

Logan G, Mirajkar A, Houck J, et al. Physician-Perceived Barriers to Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department. Cureus. 2021;13(11):e19923. doi:10.7759/cureus.19923