Determining the Impact of the Opioid Crisis on a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Central New York to Identify Critical Areas of Intervention in the Local Community.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Central New York has been afflicted by the heroin epidemic with an increase in overdose deaths involving opioids.

Objective

The objective of the study was to understand the epidemiology of hospitalizations related to a diagnosis of opioid use (OU).

Design

The study was designed as a retrospective analysis of hospitalized patients admitted from January 1, 2008, to December 30, 2018, using ICD-9 and 10 codes for heroin or opiate use, overdose, or poisoning. Setting. The study was conducted in a tertiary-care and teaching hospital located in Central New York. Patients. Hospitalized patients were included as study participants.

Results

Opioid use-related admissions increased from .05/100 hospital admissions in 2008 to a peak of 2.9/100 in 2

SUBMITTER: Yadava SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7091543 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature