Spatiotemporal analysis of the association between residential eviction and fatal overdose in Rhode Island.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Policy ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic shape the concurrent housing and overdose crises in the USA. Housing insecurity is a known risk factor for overdose, yet how residential eviction may influence fatal overdose risk is understudied. We sought to evaluate the spatiotemporal relationship between neighbourhood-level residential eviction rates and overdose mortality in Rhode Island (RI) before and during a statewide eviction moratorium in response to COVID-19.

Methods

We conducted an ecological study at the census tract level in RI (N=240) by modelling the association between quintiles of eviction rates and fatal overdose rates from 2016 to 2021. We applied a Bayesian spatiotemporal approach using an integrated nested Laplace approximation and adjusted for an

SUBMITTER: Skinner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812863 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature