Sociodemographic and geographic disparities in excess fatal drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in California: A population-based study

Sociodemographic and geographic disparities in excess fatal drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in California: A population-based study

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is co-occurring with a drug addiction and overdose crisis. Methods: We fit overdispersed Poisson models, accounting for seasonality and secular trends, to estimate the excess fatal drug overdoses (i.e., deaths greater than expected), using...

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Main Authors: Acosta, R.J (Author), Arthur, K.N (Author), Basu, S. (Author), Bibbins-Domingo, K. (Author), Chen, Y.-H (Author), Glymour, M.M (Author), Humphreys, K. (Author), Kiang, M.V (Author), Matthay, E.C (Author), Tsai, A.C (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
Subjects:
COVID-19
Excess mortality
Opioids
Substance use
Synthetic opioids
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