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Firsthand Opiates Abuse on Social Media: Monitoring Geospatial Patterns of Interest Through a Digital Cohort [PDF]

, 2019
In the last decade drug overdose deaths reached staggering proportions in the US. Besides the raw yearly deaths count that is worrisome per se, an alarming picture comes from the steep acceleration of such rate that increased by 21% from 2015 to 2016 ...
Bajardi, Paolo, Balsamo, Duilio, Panisson, André   +2 more
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New methodology to improve tracking of Veteran overdose deaths and characterization of a population of Veteran overdose decedents in San Diego County

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: National trends indicate that drug-related deaths among Veterans have been increasing from 2010 to 2019. The present study involves a recent analysis of drug mortality data for a single large Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System.
Benjamin I. Felleman, Neal M. Doran, Octaviana Hemmy Asamsama, Elizabeth M. Oliva, Benjamin H. Han   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug overdose in the ED: a record linkage study examining emergency department ICD-10 coding practices in a cohort of people who inject drugs

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Drug overdose is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity amongst people who inject drugs (PWID). Drug overdose surveillance typically relies on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) coding system, however its real world ...
Rehana Di Rico, Dhanya Nambiar, Mark Stoové, Paul Dietze   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk of Overdose-Related Death for People with A History of Incarceration

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2020
Introduction Epidemiologic studies have shown that people released from correctional facilities are at substantially increased risk of overdose-related death compared with the general population.
Wenqi Gan, Stuart Kinner, Chloé Xavier, Bin Zhao, Amanda Slaunwhite   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug supply measures and drug overdose mortality in the era of fentanyl and stimulants

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2023
Background: Illicitly-manufactured fentanyl and stimulants have replaced prescription opioids as the primary contributors to fatal overdoses in the United States (US), yet the street supply of these substances is challenging to quantify.
Manuel Cano, Patricia Timmons, Madeline Hooten, Kaylin Sweeney   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Defining indicators for drug overdose emergency department visits and hospitalisations in ICD-10-CM coded discharge data

Injury Prevention, 2021
Introduction The drug overdose epidemic has worsened over the past decade; however, efforts have been made to better understand and track nonfatal overdoses using various data sources including emergency department and hospital admission data from ...
Alana M. Vivolo-Kantor, E. Pasalic, Stephen J. Liu, Pedro D Martinez, R. M. Gladden   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of a national naloxone programme on ambulance attendance at overdose incidents: a controlled time-series analysis [PDF]

, 2017
Background and Aims: It has been suggested that distributing naloxone to people who inject drugs (PWID) will lead to fewer attendances by emergency medical services at opioid-related overdose incidents if peer administration of naloxone was perceived ...
Ashworth, Becketti, Bennett, Bird, Box, Clark, Craig, Darke, Darke, Davoli, Jarosz, Knowlton, Lankenau, Lenton, Longo, McAuley, McAuley, McCain, Merchant, Merrall, Moore, Salmon, Seal, Shermann, Sporer, Strang, Walley, Weatherburn, World Health Organization (WHO), Wright   +29 more
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Supervised Injection Facilities: Legal and Policy Reforms [PDF]

, 2019
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that more than 70 000 deaths from drug overdoses occurred in 2017, including prescription and illicit opioids, representing a 6-fold increase since 1999.
Gostin, Lawrence O., Gulinson, Chelsea L., Hodge, James G.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Trends and characteristics of accidental and intentional codeine overdose deaths in Australia [PDF]

, 2015
Examines trends in codeine-related mortality rates in Australia, and the clinical and toxicological characteristics of codeine-related deaths. Abstract Objectives: To examine trends in codeine-related mortality rates in Australia, and the clinical and ...
Amanda Roxburgh, Eva Saar, Jennifer Pilgrim, Louisa Degenhardt, Lucinda Burns, Suzanne Nielsen, Wayne D Hall   +6 more
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Estimated Number of Injection-Involved Overdose Deaths in US States From 2000 to 2020: Secondary Analysis of Surveillance Data

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
BackgroundIn the United States, both drug overdose mortality and injection-involved drug overdose mortality have increased nationally over the past 25 years.
Eric William Hall, Patrick Sean Sullivan, Heather Bradley   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source