Substance Use Emergency Department Visits Among Youths With Chronic Conditions During COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for substance use (SU) increased during COVID-19. Better understanding of trends associated with SU ED visits among youths with a chronic medical condition (CMC) is needed to target SU screening, prevention, and intervention efforts in this population.

Objective

To describe trends in pediatric SU ED visits before and during COVID-19 among youths in the US with and without CMCs and by race and ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cohort study, data were obtained from 47 US children's hospital EDs in the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) between March 1, 2018, and March 1, 2022. The cohort included patients aged 10 to 18 years. Data analysis occurred from November 2022 to February 2023.

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SUBMITTER: Summersett Williams F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581538 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature