Emergency Department Visits and Overdose Deaths From Combined Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines
Emergency Department Visits and Overdose Deaths From Combined Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amepre.2015.03.040
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发表时间:
2015-10-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
McAninch, Jana K.
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作者:
Jones, Christopher M.;McAninch, Jana K.
Introduction: Opioid analgesics and benzodiazepines are the prescription drugs most commonly associated with drug overdose deaths. This study was conducted to assess trends in nonmedical use related emergency department (ED) visits and drug overdose deaths that involved both opioid analgesics and benzodiazepines in the U.S. from 2004 to 2011.Methods: Opioid analgesic and benzodiazepine nonmedical use related ED visits from the Drug Abuse Warning Network and drug overdose deaths from the National Vital Statistics System were analyzed for 2004-2011 to determine trends and demographic-specific rates. Data were analyzed from March 2014 to June 2014.Results: From 2004 to 2011, the rate of nonmedical use-related ED visits involving both opioid analgesics and benzodiazepines increased from 11.0 to 34.2 per 100,000 population (p-trend