TY - JOUR
AU - Chen, Weiwei
AU - Sainfort, François
AU - Page, Timothy F.
AU - Jacko, Julie A.
PY - 2024
DA - April
TI - Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visits Before and During COVID-19: Association with Community-Level Factors
JO - HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
VL - 5
IS - 2
DO - https://doi.org/10.36518/2689-0216.1608
AB - BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between community-level variables and emergency department (ED) visit rates before and during COVID-19. The focus was on opioid-related ED visits. Despite large declines in overall ED visits during COVID-19, opioid-related visits increased. While visits for avoidable conditions decreased, the opposite was true for opioid-related visits.
PB - Scholarly Commons
UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/77162cfe-510e-4a94-b41b-8ea78a4c951e
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Alcohol, tobacco and drugs
KW - Hospital care
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