[HTML][HTML] Big data and predictive modelling for the opioid crisis: existing research and future potential

C Bharat, M Hickman, S Barbieri… - The Lancet Digital …, 2021 - thelancet.com
A need exists to accurately estimate overdose risk and improve understanding of how to
deliver treatments and interventions in people with opioid use disorder in a way that reduces …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of community deaths during the catastrophic 2021 heat dome: Early evidence to inform the public health response during subsequent events in …

SB Henderson, KE McLean, MJ Lee… - Environmental …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: British Columbia, Canada, was impacted by a record-setting heat dome in
early summer 2021. Most households in greater Vancouver do not have air conditioning …

Emergency department–initiated interventions for patients with opioid use disorder: a systematic review

J Kaczorowski, J Bilodeau, AM Orkin… - Academic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The opioid crisis has risen dramatically in North America in the new millennium,
due to both illegal and prescription opioid use. While emergency departments (EDs) …

[HTML][HTML] Periods of altered risk for non-fatal drug overdose: a self-controlled case series

C Keen, SA Kinner, JT Young, K Snow… - The Lancet Public …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Being recently released from prison or discharged from hospital, or being
dispensed opioids, benzodiazepines, or antipsychotics have been associated with an …

Risk of overdose‐related death for people with a history of incarceration

WQ Gan, SA Kinner, TL Nicholls, CG Xavier… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Reported associations between previous incarceration and the risk of
overdose‐related death are substantially heterogeneous, and previous studies are limited …

Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance opioid and stimulant dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort …

A Slaunwhite, JE Min, H Palis, K Urbanoski, B Pauly… - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the effect of opioid and stimulant Risk Mitigation Guidance (RMG)
dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during the dual public health emergencies …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial-temporal trends in the risk of illicit drug toxicity death in British Columbia

K Hu, B Klinkenberg, WQ Gan, AK Slaunwhite - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Illicit drug poisoning (overdose) continues to be an important public health
problem with overdose-related deaths currently recorded at an unprecedented level …

Toxicology and prescribed medication histories among people experiencing fatal illicit drug overdose in British Columbia, Canada

A Crabtree, E Lostchuck, M Chong, A Shapiro… - CMAJ, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Since 2015, illicit drug overdose has been one of British Columbia's most
pressing public health issues. Our objective was to assess prescription history in the context …

Prevalence of co‐occurring mental illness and substance use disorder and association with overdose: a linked data cohort study among residents of British Columbia …

C Keen, SA Kinner, JT Young, K Jang, W Gan… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To estimate the treated prevalence of mental illness, substance use disorder (SUD)
and dual diagnosis and the association between dual diagnosis and fatal and non‐fatal …

Risk of cardiovascular diseases in relation to substance use disorders

WQ Gan, JA Buxton, FX Scheuermeyer, H Palis… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Substance use disorder (SUD) has become increasingly prevalent worldwide,
this study investigated the associations of SUD and alcohol, cannabis, opioid, or stimulant …