Differences and similarities between emergency department syndromic surveillance and hospital discharge data for nonfatal drug overdose.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Emergency department syndromic surveillance and hospital discharge data have been used to detect and monitor nonfatal drug overdose, yet few studies have assessed the differences and similarities between these two data sources.

Methods

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology system data from 14 states were used to compare these two sources at estimating monthly overdose burden and trends from January 2018 through December 2019 for nonfatal all drug, opioid-, heroin-, and stimulant-involved overdoses.

Results

Compared to discharge data, syndromic data captured 13.3% more overall emergency department visits, 67.8% more all drug overdose visits, 15.6% more opioid-involved overdose visits, and 78.8% more stimulant

SUBMITTER: Vivolo-Kantor AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8463424 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature