Unintentional Opioid Overdose Death Characteristics in Illinois Before and During the COVID-19 Era, 2017 to 2020

Howard S Kim; Joe Feinglass; Danielle M McCarthy; Patrick M Lank; Maryann Mason

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3699

Unintentional Opioid Overdose Death Characteristics in Illinois Before and During the COVID-19 Era, 2017 to 2020

JAMA Health Forum. 2021 Nov 12;2(11):e213699. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3699. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Howard S Kim^{1

2

3}, Joe Feinglass⁴, Danielle M McCarthy^{1

2}, Patrick M Lank^{1

5}, Maryann Mason^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
² Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Associate Editor, JAMA Network Open, Chicago, Illinois.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
⁵ Toxikon Consortium, Chicago, Illinois.
⁶ Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study characterizes Illinois unintentional opioid overdose deaths from July 2017 through June 2020 using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects
COVID-19*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Overdose*
Humans
Opiate Overdose* / epidemiology

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid