Understanding Geographic and Neighborhood Variations in Overdose Death Rates
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DOI: 10.1007/s10900-018-0583-0
Abstract: The current opioid epidemic continues to challenge us in new and potentially troubling ways. For example, research today finds more overdose deaths occurring in rural, rather than urban, geographic areas. Yet, studies have often ignored… read more here.
Keywords: understanding geographic; overdose death; neighborhood variations; death rates ... See more keywords
Drug overdose death rates and criminal sentencing of federal drug offenders in the United States
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2021.101798
Abstract: Abstract The rate of drug overdose deaths has increased substantially in the United States in the past two decades. However, limited research has examined how the criminal justice system is responding to this growing epidemic.… read more here.
Keywords: drug; drug overdose; rates criminal; united states ... See more keywords
Opioid overdose decedent characteristics during COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2067350
Abstract: Abstract Introduction Alongside the emergence of COVID-19 in the United States, several reports highlighted increasing rates of opioid overdose from preliminary data. Yet, little is known about how state-level opioid overdose death trends and decedent… read more here.
Keywords: state; opioid overdose; overdose deaths; decedent characteristics ... See more keywords
Regional variation in states’ naloxone accessibility laws in association with opioid overdose death rates-Observational study (STROBE compliant)
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DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000020033
Abstract: Abstract Though overall death from opioid overdose are increasing in the United States, the death rate in some states and population groups is stabilizing or even decreasing. Several states have enacted a Naloxone Accessibility Laws… read more here.
Keywords: opioid overdose; death; region; possession ... See more keywords
Posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide, and unintended overdose death in later life: A national cohort study of veterans aged 50 and older
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DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18199
Abstract: Although studies have shown posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated with risk of suicide, the relationship in later life, especially for overdose death, remains unclear. Thus, the aim of the current study was to determine associations… read more here.
Keywords: posttraumatic stress; life; stress disorder; later life ... See more keywords
Drug overdose death rates in different countries: Who should be alarmed?
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DOI: 10.1177/10398562221075192
Abstract: Objectives This study aims to assess how many nations, in addition to the United States and Canada, report alarmingly high drug overdose death rates, and to compare how those rates have changed. Conclusions Drug overdose… read more here.
Keywords: rates different; drug overdose; drug; death rates ... See more keywords
Disparities in Opioid Overdose Death Trends by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2019, From the HEALing Communities Study.
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DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2021.306431
Abstract: Objectives. To examine trends in opioid overdose deaths by race/ethnicity from 2018 to 2019 across 67 HEALing Communities Study (HCS) communities in Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts, and Ohio. Methods. We used state death certificate records… read more here.
Keywords: opioid overdose; 2018 2019; overdose death; death ... See more keywords