Opioid-related Emergency Department Visits During COVID-19 in a Large Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Multiple states have reported increases in opioid overdose deaths during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, however little is known about opioid-related presentations to the emergency department (ED).

Methods

This was a time series analysis of visits to 7 EDs in greater Chicago, Illinois from October 20, 2019 to July 25, 2020. We compared the number of ED visits for opioid-related diagnoses in the time period preceding the World Health Organization pandemic declaration (prepandemic period, October 20, 2019-July 3, 2020) to the time period following the World Health Organization declaration (pandemic period, March 8, 2020 to July 25, 2020) using a single-group interrupted time series analysis with Newey-West standard errors. We also present data on al

SUBMITTER: Hall GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327762 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Aug 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature