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Same Day Transportation For Opioid Use Disorder: Impact Of The Crisis Addiction Recovery Transportation (Cart) Program, Katherine Palmer Loveluck, Andrew King
Same Day Transportation For Opioid Use Disorder: Impact Of The Crisis Addiction Recovery Transportation (Cart) Program, Katherine Palmer Loveluck, Andrew King
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Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) frequently present to the emergency department (ED). Delays or barriers in referral to recovery programs from the ED may decrease successful linkage to ongoing care. Immediately following discharge is a particularly high-risk time for OUD patients as studies have shown that immediately following a non-fatal overdose there is an increase in death rates1. To attempt to combat this gap in care The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) partnered with a community program, Team Wellness (TW), to offer direct transportation 18 hours per day to the TW facility. This crisis addiction recovery transportation (CART) …