Starting Treatment at Discharge for Alcohol-Related Hospital Stays Shows Benefits

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Starting medication for alcohol use disorder (MAUD) at hospital discharge reduced readmission risk, a cohort study suggested. Of nearly 10,000 alcohol-related hospitalizations of Medicare beneficiaries, only 2% (192) involved initiation of MAUD at the time of discharge, Eden Bernstein, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues found. In this small number, MAUD initiation […]

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Publish date : 2024-03-29 16:11:32

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