The role of increasing pharmacy and community distributed naloxone in the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Naloxone distributed to people at risk for opioid overdose has been associated with reduced overdose death rates; however, associations of retail pharmacy-distributed naloxone with overdose mortality have not been evaluated.

Methods

Our analytic cohort uses retail pharmacy claims data; three health departments' community distribution data; federal opioid overdose data; and American Community Survey data. Data were analyzed by 3-digit ZIP Code and calendar quarter-year (2016Q1-2018Q4), and weighted by population. We regressed opioid-related overdose mortality on retail-pharmacy and community naloxone distribution, and community-level demographics using a linear model, hypothesizing that areas with high overdose rates would have higher current levels of naloxone dis

SUBMITTER: Morgan JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9631422 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature