Touchpoints–opportunities to predict and prevent opioid overdose: a cohort study

MR Larochelle, R Bernstein, D Bernson, T Land… - Drug and alcohol …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Medical care, public health, and criminal justice systems encounters could
serve as touchpoints to identify and intervene with individuals at high-risk of opioid overdose …

Receipt of addiction treatment after opioid overdose among Medicaid-enrolled adolescents and young adults

RH Alinsky, BT Zima, J Rodean, PA Matson… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Nonfatal opioid overdose may be a critical touch point when youths who have
never received a diagnosis of opioid use disorder can be engaged in treatment. However …

Predictors of overdose death among high-risk emergency department patients with substance-related encounters: a data linkage cohort study

N Krawczyk, M Eisenberg, KE Schneider… - Annals of emergency …, 2020 - Elsevier
Study objective Persons with substance use disorders frequently utilize emergency
department (ED) services, creating an opportunity for intervention and referral to addiction …

One-year mortality after emergency department visit for nonfatal opioid poisoning: a population-based analysis

P Leece, C Chen, H Manson, AM Orkin… - Annals of emergency …, 2020 - Elsevier
Study objective We aim to characterize the incidence and risk factors for opioid-related and
all-cause mortality in the year after an emergency department (ED) visit for nonfatal opioid …

Healthcare cost associations of patients who use illicit drugs in Florida: a retrospective analysis

JL Ryan, VR Rosa - Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 2020 - Springer
Background Illicit drug use increases visits to the hospital. Research is limited on the costs of
these healthcare visits by illicit drug. Methods Florida's Agency for Health Care …

Opportunities for emergency medical services intervention to prevent opioid overdose mortality

EH Barefoot, JM Cyr, JH Brice… - Prehospital …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives The opioid crisis is a growing cause of mortality in the United States and may be
mitigated by innovative approaches to identifying individuals at-risk of fatal opioid overdose …

Defining major depressive disorder cohorts using the EHR: multiple phenotypes based on ICD-9 codes and medication orders

WM Ingram, AM Baker, CR Bauer, JP Brown… - … , Psychiatry and Brain …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is one of the most common mental
illnesses and a leading cause of disability worldwide. Electronic Health Records (EHR) …

The importance of buprenorphine research in the opioid crisis

SA Pendergrass, RC Crist, LK Jones, JR Hoch… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
With the urgency to treat patients more effectively for opioid use disorder in the midst of the
opioid epidemic, a key area for precision medicine is to improve individualized medication …

Healthcare costs and use before and after opioid overdose in Veterans Health Administration patients with opioid use disorder

VR Joyce, EM Oliva, CC Garcia, J Trafton, SM Asch… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To compare healthcare costs and use between United States (US) Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) who experienced an opioid …

Healthcare utilization of patients with opioid use disorder in US hospitals from 2016 to 2019: focusing on racial and regional variances

SJ Kim, M Medina, J Chang - Clinical Drug Investigation, 2022 - Springer
Background There is a lack of US population-based research on healthcare utilization
differences caused by opioid misuse. Objective The aim of this study was to explore …