Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Unintentional Fatal and Nonfatal Emergency Medical Services-Attended Opioid Overdoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jan 4;4(1):e2034878. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34878.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
  • Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Opiate Overdose / epidemiology*
  • Opiate Overdose / etiology
  • Philadelphia
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors