Background Emergency department (ED) visits for opioid-related overdoses continue to rise
across the United States, particularly among Black, Latinx, and American Indian/Alaskan …

Objectives Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a national epidemic, and Black and Hispanic
patients are less likely to receive treatment when compared to white patients. In this study …

Background Opioid overdose deaths have disproportionately impacted Black and Hispanic
populations, in part due to disparities in treatment access. Emergency departments (EDs) …

Objectives To examine the role of individual race/ethnicity and community racial/ethnic mix
on the type of opioid-related emergency department (ED) visits in Florida. Methods The …

Introduction Patients who initially survive opioid-related overdose are at high risk for
subsequent mortality. Our health system aimed to evaluate the presence of disparities in …

Introduction Drug overdose is a significant public health problem, yet little is known about
racial/ethnic differences in drug overdose rates and/or in responses to a drug overdose …

Background Despite today's heightened concern over opioid overdose, the lack of
population-based data examining clinical and contextual factors associated with opioid use …

Background Opioid overdoses differentially affect demographic groups. Strategies to reduce
overdose deaths, specifically overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND), are not …

Objective The opioid epidemic continues to escalate, and out‐of‐hospital emergency
medical services (EMS) play a vital role in acute overdose reversal, but could serve a …

Objective Emergency medicine clinicians are uniquely positioned to deliver interventions to
enhance linkage to evidence‐based treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the acute …