The Public Health and Economic Impact of Drug Overdose Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To calculate disability-adjusted life years (DALY) and labor productivity loss due to drug overdose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (DO-OHCA) and compare its contribution to the burden of disease and economic impact of all-cause nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the US.

Methods

We performed a retrospective observational cohort analysis of all adult (age ≥18 years) nontraumatic emergency medical services-treated OHCA events, including those due to DO-OHCA, from the national Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) database from January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2020. The main outcome measures of interest were disability-adjusted life years, annual, and lifetime labor productivity loss over the 4-year study period. The findings for

SUBMITTER: Coute RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11427595 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature