Data Needs in Opioid Systems Modeling: Challenges and Future Directions.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The opioid crisis is a pervasive public health threat in the U.S. Simulation modeling approaches that integrate a systems perspective are used to understand the complexity of this crisis and analyze what policy interventions can best address it. However, limitations in currently available data sources can hamper the quantification of these models.

Methods

To understand and discuss data needs and challenges for opioid systems modeling, a meeting of federal partners, modeling teams, and data experts was held at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April 2019. This paper synthesizes the meeting discussions and interprets them in the context of ongoing simulation modeling work.

Results

The current landscape of national-level quantitative data sources of p

SUBMITTER: Jalali MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8061725 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature