US older adults' heroin and psychostimulant use treatment admissions, 2012–2019: Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
NG Choi, DM DiNitto, CN Marti, BY Choi - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Increases in US older adults' nonprescription opioid and psychostimulant use
call for examining their treatment admissions for these substances. Methods Using
admissions age 55+ involving heroin (N= 299,073) from the 2012–2019 Treatment Episode
Data Set-Admissions, we examined trends and sociodemographic and clinical
characteristics of three groups:(1) heroin-only admissions (ie, not involving cocaine or
methamphetamine),(2) heroin-cocaine admissions, and (3) heroin-methamphetamine …
call for examining their treatment admissions for these substances. Methods Using
admissions age 55+ involving heroin (N= 299,073) from the 2012–2019 Treatment Episode
Data Set-Admissions, we examined trends and sociodemographic and clinical
characteristics of three groups:(1) heroin-only admissions (ie, not involving cocaine or
methamphetamine),(2) heroin-cocaine admissions, and (3) heroin-methamphetamine …