Characteristics and trends of prehospital encounters for opioid overdoses among US youth, 2018-2022

JAMA

2024-09-18

(Press-News.org) About The Study: Prehospital encounters for youth opioid overdoses were increasing prior to the pandemic, increased with the onset, and then stabilized, remaining higher than pre-pandemic levels. Although overall patterns were largely driven by those ages 18 through 24, adolescents ages 12 through 17 were the only subgroup with an increasing number of encounters both before and during the pandemic.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Jamie Lim, MD, email jlim@luriechildrens.org.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2024.17341)

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