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Prevalence, Incremental Cost And Resource Utilization Associated With Opioid Overdoses, Batul Electricwala
Prevalence, Incremental Cost And Resource Utilization Associated With Opioid Overdoses, Batul Electricwala
Theses and Dissertations
Background –
An increase in opioid prescribing has led to an increase in opioid overdoses.1,2 No study has estimated the incremental costs subsequent to an opioid overdose event in prescription opioid users, or the prevalence and costs of overdose events in family members of prescription opioid users and in overdose victims with no identifiable source of prescription opioid. The latter group will be referred to as “others”.
Objectives –
The first objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of opioid overdoses in aforementioned groups. The second objective was to estimate the incremental costs and resource utilization associated …