Evaluation of Increases in Drug Overdose Mortality Rates in the US by Race and Ethnicity Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Joseph R Friedman; Helena Hansen

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0004

Evaluation of Increases in Drug Overdose Mortality Rates in the US by Race and Ethnicity Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Psychiatry. 2022 Apr 1;79(4):379-381. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0004.

Authors

Joseph R Friedman^{1

2}, Helena Hansen²

Affiliations

¹ Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California, Los Angeles.
² Center for Social Medicine and Humanities, University of California, Los Angeles.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates trends in increased drug overdose mortality rates in the US by race and ethnicity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Drug Overdose* / epidemiology
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Pandemics
United States / epidemiology