Nursing homes could offer a crucial bridge to recovery for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), but stigma, regulatory hurdles and funding challenges limit their potential. Researchers have highlighted policy solutions to ensure nursing homes can meet the needs of a growing and aging population with OUD, as part of a study led by Patience […]
Brown University School of Public Health
Since the landmark passage of a sweeping oversight bill in the late 1980s, hundreds of nursing homes have closed — while those that remained have increasingly taken on more difficult medical cases, according to new research from Brown University. The analysis, which focused on the effects of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA […]
Subscribe
Receive industry updates and breaking news from SNN.