Impact of California's naloxone co-prescription law on emergency department visits, 30-day mortality, and prescription patterns.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Opioid overdose is a public health epidemic adversely impacting individuals and communities. To combat this, California passed a law mandating that prescribers offer a naloxone prescription in certain circumstances. Our objective was to evaluate associations with California's naloxone prescription mandate and emergency department (ED) overdose visits/hospitalizations, opioid and naloxone prescribing, and 30-day mortality.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included data from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019, and included all Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) members aged >10 years across 15 KPSC EDs. Exposure was defined as presentation to the ED within the study period. The primary outcome was ED visits for opioid overdose pre- and post-implem

SUBMITTER: Ghobadi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11486842 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature