Background Prescription opioid overdose (POD) and heroin overdose (HOD) rates have
quadrupled since 1999. Community-level socioeconomic characteristics are associated with …

Importance Timely initiation and referral to treatment for patients with opioid use disorder
seen in the emergency department is associated with reduced mortality. It is not known how …

Background US opioid overdose death rates have increased between 2000 and 2014.
While, the increase in prescription opioid use has been linked to the increase in heroin use …

Importance Nonfatal opioid overdose may be a critical touch point when youths who have
never received a diagnosis of opioid use disorder can be engaged in treatment. However …

Hospitals play an important role in caring for patients in the current opioid crisis, but data on
the outcomes and composition of opioid-driven hospitalizations in the United States have …

Abstract Background Cannabis legalization in Colorado resulted in increased cannabis‐
associated health care utilization. Our objective was to examine cooccurrence of cannabis …

Objectives Opioid overdose mortality has tripled in the United States since 2000 and opioids
are responsible for more than half of all drug overdose deaths, which reached an all‐time …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess positive predictive value (PPV), relative to
medical chart review, of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)‐9/10 diagnostic codes …

Purpose: Effective pain management is a critical component of the perioperative process
with opioids representing a mainstay of therapy. The opioid epidemic is a growing concern …

Background Although opioids remain the standard therapy for the treatment of postoperative
pain, the prevalence of opioid misuse is rising. The extent to which opioid abuse or …