Utilization of Emergency Department Data for Drug Overdose Surveillance in North Carolina | Zendy

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Utilization of Emergency Department Data for Drug Overdose Surveillance in North Carolina

Author(s) -

Katherine Harmon,

Scott Proescholdbell,

Stephen W. Marshall,

Anna Waller

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5200

Subject(s) - emergency department , medicine , opioid overdose , drug overdose , medical emergency , public health , emergency medicine , public health surveillance , population , drug , south carolina , poison control , opioid , environmental health , (+) naloxone , pharmacology , psychiatry , nursing , receptor , public administration , political science

The United States is in the midst of a drug overdose epidemic, primarily due to opioid analgesics. Emergency department data are an important source of morbidity data for public health surveillance. This population-based study will describe visits to North Carolina emergency departments for drug, and more specifically, opioid overdoses.

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