One-Year Mortality of Patients After Emergency Department Treatment for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose

Despite the increased availability of naloxone, death rates from opioid overdose continue to increase. The goal of this study is to determine the 1-year mortality of patients who were treated for a nonfatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts emergency departments (EDs). This was a retrospective observ...

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Published in:	Annals of emergency medicine Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 13 - 17
Main Authors:	Weiner, Scott G., Baker, Olesya, Bernson, Dana, Schuur, Jeremiah D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2020
Subjects:	Adult Analgesics, Opioid - poisoning Databases, Factual Drug Overdose - mortality Emergency Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Male Massachusetts - epidemiology Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Time Factors Massachusetts
ISSN:	0196-0644, 1097-6760, 1097-6760
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