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. 2020 Mar;35(3):965-966.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05249-3.

US ED Opioid-Related Visits Increase, While Use of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Undetectable, 2011-2016

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US ED Opioid-Related Visits Increase, While Use of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Undetectable, 2011-2016

Siri Shastry et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Mar.
No abstract available

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a US opioid-related ED visits and BUP use, 2011–2016. b ED and outpatient BUP use, 2011–2016. Figure 1 contains poor-quality and small text inside the artwork. Please do not re-use the file that we have rejected or attempt to increase its resolution and re-save. It is originally poor; therefore, increasing the resolution will not solve the quality problem. We suggest that you provide us the original format. We prefer replacement figures containing vector/editable objects rather than embedded images. Preferred file formats are .eps, .ai, .tiff, and .pdf.Please see updated attachments. A PDF as well as a Word file containing editable images are provided for convenience.

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