Naloxone administration among opioid-involved overdose deaths in 38 United States jurisdictions in the State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System, 2019.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109467
Abstract: BACKGROUND The majority of drug overdose deaths in the United States involve opioids, and synthetic opioid-involved overdose death rates are increasing. Naloxone is a key prevention strategy yet estimates of its administration are limited. METHODS… read more here.
Keywords: administration; naloxone administration; overdose deaths; drug ... See more keywords
Characterizing opioid-involved overdose risk in local communities: An opioid overdose vulnerability assessment across Indiana, 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101538
Abstract: The objective of this initiative was to conduct a comprehensive opioid overdose vulnerability assessment in Indiana and evaluate spatial accessibility to opioid use disorder treatment, harm reduction services, and opioid response programs. We compiled 2017… read more here.
Keywords: vulnerability assessment; opioid overdose; overdose vulnerability; vulnerability ... See more keywords
African Americans now Outpace Whites in Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths: A Comparison of Temporal Trends from 1999-2018.
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DOI: 10.1111/add.15233
Abstract: AIMS To estimate racial differences in rates of opioid-involved overdose deaths (OOD) between Whites and African Americans in the U.S. from 1999 to 2018 to (1) identify racial variation in the temporal trends of OOD… read more here.
Keywords: opioid involved; 1999 2018; ood; african americans ... See more keywords
Prior Emergency Medical Services Utilization Among People Who Had an Accidental Opioid-Involved Fatal Drug Overdose-Rhode Island, 2018-2020.
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DOI: 10.1177/00333549231154582
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To help understand whether decreased emergency medical services (EMS) utilization due to the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to increased accidental fatal drug overdoses, we characterized recent EMS utilization history among people who had an accidental… read more here.
Keywords: fatal drug; rhode island; opioid involved; accidental opioid ... See more keywords