Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Unintentional Fatal and Nonfatal Emergency Medical Services–Attended Opioid Overdoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia
Author(s) -
Utsha G. Khatri,
Lia Pizzicato,
Kendra Viner,
Emily Bobyock,
Monica Sun,
Zachary F. Meisel,
Eugenia C. South
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jama network open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2574-3805
DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34878
Subject(s) - ethnic group , pandemic , covid-19 , medicine , opioid , medical emergency , family medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , political science , outbreak , receptor , law
This cross-sectional study describes the differential associations of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with opioid-related overdoses among racial/ethnic groups in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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