Legal System Involvement and Opioid-Related Overdose Mortality in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Patients.
Legal System Involvement and Opioid-Related Overdose Mortality in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Patients.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amepre.2021.06.014
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发表时间:
2022-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
McCarthy JF
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作者:
Finlay AK;Palframan KM;Stimmel M;McCarthy JF
Opioid-related overdose risks are elevated following incarceration. Rates of opioid-related overdose mortality have risen in recent years, including among Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients. To inform Veteran overdose prevention, this study evaluated whether opioid-related overdose risks differ for Veteran VHA patients with versus without indicators of legal system involvement. This retrospective national cohort study, conducted in 2019–2021, used VHA electronic health records and death certificate data from the VA/Department of Defense Mortality Data Repository (MDR) to examine opioid-related overdose mortality from 1/1/2013 through 12/31/2017. The cohort included 5,390,902 Veterans with VHA inpatient or outpatient encounters in 2012 who were alive as of 1/1/2013, of whom 32,284 patients (0.60%) had legal system involvement in 2012, indicated by Veterans Justice Programs outpatient encounters. Cox proportional hazards regression models assessed associations between legal involvement and risk of opioid-related overdose mortality. There were 4,670 opioid-related overdose deaths, including 295 (6.31%) among legal-involved Veterans. Veterans with legal involvement, compared to those without, had a higher opioid-related overdose mortality rate per 100,000 person-years (191.22, 95% confidence interval [CI]=169.40–213.04 vs. 17.76, 95% CI=17.23–18.29, p<0.001) and an elevated risk of opioid-related overdose mortality (adjusted hazard ratio=1.38, 95% CI=1.22–1.57, p<0.001). Among Veterans receiving VHA care in 2012, documented legal system involvement was associated with increased risk of opioid-related overdose mortality. Targeting overdose education and naloxone distribution programs and integrating opioid overdose prevention efforts into mental health care may reduce opioid overdose deaths among Veterans with legal involvement.
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