Characteristics of post-overdose outreach programs and municipal-level opioid overdose in Massachusetts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-overdose outreach programs have proliferated in response to opioid overdose. Implementing these programs is associated with reductions in overdose rates, but the role of specific program characteristics in overdose trends has not been evaluated.

Methods

Among 58 Massachusetts municipalities with post-overdose outreach programs, we examined associations between five domains of post-overdose outreach program characteristics (outreach contact rate, naloxone distribution, coercive practices, harm reduction activities, and social service provision or referral) and rates of fatal opioid overdoses and opioid-related emergency medical system responses (i.e., ambulance activations) per calendar quarter from 2013 to 2019 using segmented regression analyses with adjustm

SUBMITTER: Kimmel SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12019868 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature