Nonfatal Opioid Overdoses at an Urban Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Taylor A Ochalek; Kirk L Cumpston; Brandon K Wills; Tamas S Gal; F Gerard Moeller

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.17477

Nonfatal Opioid Overdoses at an Urban Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA. 2020 Oct 27;324(16):1673-1674. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.17477.

Authors

Taylor A Ochalek¹, Kirk L Cumpston², Brandon K Wills², Tamas S Gal³, F Gerard Moeller⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
³ Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

Abstract

This study compares the numbers of nonfatal, unintentional opioid-related opioid overdoses presenting to a US urban emergency department during the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (March-June 2020) vs 2019, overall and by age, race/ethnicity, and insurance status.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19*
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Hospitals, Urban
Humans
Male
Opiate Overdose / epidemiology*
Virginia / epidemiology

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding