Pia M. Mauro

The impact of co-occurring opioid and stimulant use disorders on unplanned readmissions among patients hospitalized with bacterial infections

Opioid and stimulant use disorders (OUD and StUD) are major drivers of injection drug use (IDU)-related bacterial infections requiring hospitalization and may increase readmission risk. However, the independent and combined effects of these factors on short-term readmission risk...