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View article: Toward a Safer World by 2040
Toward a Safer World by 2040 Open
Importance Since the start of the 21st century, more than 800 000 firearm deaths and more than 2 million firearm injuries have occurred in the US. All categories of firearm violence—homicide, suicide, unintentional—result in reverberating …
View article: Simulating the impact of methadone prescribing and pharmacy dispensing on opioid treatment and overdose in New York State: A study protocol for an agent-based modeling study
Simulating the impact of methadone prescribing and pharmacy dispensing on opioid treatment and overdose in New York State: A study protocol for an agent-based modeling study Open
Amid the ongoing overdose crisis, U.S. lawmakers are considering policy reforms that could significantly change availability and accessibility of methadone treatment (MT) for opioid use disorder (OUD). However, uncertainty remains about wh…
View article: Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effects of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Laws on Overdose Deaths in the United States
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effects of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Laws on Overdose Deaths in the United States Open
Policy Points State “must‐query” prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) were associated with increased overdose deaths, suggesting these policies may have unintended consequences. Black and Hispanic populations experienced dispropor…
View article: Advancing person-centered care: Protocol for quality measurement and management (QM2) in the New York State system for opioid use disorder treatment
Advancing person-centered care: Protocol for quality measurement and management (QM2) in the New York State system for opioid use disorder treatment Open
Introduction The United States is facing an opioid use disorder (OUD) epidemic, marked by unprecedented overdose death rates. In New York State, synthetic opioids significantly contribute to the increasing overdose deaths, disproportionate…
View article: Improving health and housing outcomes through a simulation and economic model: an evidence-based protocol of a group model building approach to develop an agent-based model
Improving health and housing outcomes through a simulation and economic model: an evidence-based protocol of a group model building approach to develop an agent-based model Open
Introduction Homelessness in the United States increased every year since 2016, with a 38% increase from 2023 to 2024. Much of the increase is attributable to rising home and rent costs, economic hardship caused by the recent pandemic, and…
View article: Cannabis Legalization and Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans Health Administration Patients
Cannabis Legalization and Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans Health Administration Patients Open
Importance In the context of the US opioid crisis, factors associated with the prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) must be identified to aid prevention and treatment. State medical cannabis laws (MCL) and recreational cannabis laws (RC…
View article: Stemming the Tide of the US Overdose Crisis: How Can We Leverage the Power of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence?
Stemming the Tide of the US Overdose Crisis: How Can We Leverage the Power of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence? Open
Policy Points We can leverage data science and artificial intelligence to inform state and local resource allocation for overdose prevention. Data science and artificial intelligence can help us answer four questions: (1) What is the impac…
View article: Study assessing the effectiveness of overdose prevention centers through evaluation research (SAFER): an overview of the study protocol
Study assessing the effectiveness of overdose prevention centers through evaluation research (SAFER): an overview of the study protocol Open
More than one million people have died from drug overdose in the United States in the past 20 years. The overdose crisis started in the late 1990s with the proliferation of overdoses involving prescription opioids, transitioned to heroin-i…
View article: Investigating heterogeneous effects of an expanded methadone access policy with opioid treatment program retention: a Rhode Island population-based retrospective cohort study
Investigating heterogeneous effects of an expanded methadone access policy with opioid treatment program retention: a Rhode Island population-based retrospective cohort study Open
Following federal regulatory changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rhode Island expanded methadone access for opioid treatment programs (OTPs) in March 2020. The policy, which permitted take-home dosing for patients, contrasted with longst…
View article: Evaluating the predictive performance of different data sources to forecast overdose deaths at the neighborhood level with machine learning in Rhode Island
Evaluating the predictive performance of different data sources to forecast overdose deaths at the neighborhood level with machine learning in Rhode Island Open
Prioritizing neighborhoods for overdose prevention with forecasting is feasible using a simple-to-implement model trained on publicly available ACS data combined with only one other administrative data source in Rhode Island, offering a st…
View article: Nationwide trends in diagnosed sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use disorders in adolescents and young adults enrolled in Medicaid: 2001–2019
Nationwide trends in diagnosed sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use disorders in adolescents and young adults enrolled in Medicaid: 2001–2019 Open
Background and Aim Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use disorders (SHA‐UD) are defined by significant impairment or distress caused by recurrent sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use. This study aimed to measure trends in the prevalence of …
View article: The relationship of medical and recreational cannabis laws with opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in the USA: Does it depend on prior history of cannabis use?
The relationship of medical and recreational cannabis laws with opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in the USA: Does it depend on prior history of cannabis use? Open
Comparing individuals in MCL alone states to those in states without such laws, we found an inconsistent pattern of decreased odds of opioid outcomes, which were more pronounced among people reporting cannabis use. The pattern did not hold…
View article: Completeness and quality of comprehensive managed care data compared with fee‐for‐service data in national Medicaid claims from 2001 to 2019
Completeness and quality of comprehensive managed care data compared with fee‐for‐service data in national Medicaid claims from 2001 to 2019 Open
Objective To evaluate the completeness and quality of Medicaid comprehensive managed care (CMC) data in national MAX/TAF research files. Study Setting and Design This observational study compared CMC with fee‐for‐service (FFS) enrollee dat…
View article: Assessing Links Between Alcohol Exposure and Firearm Violence: A Scoping Review Update
Assessing Links Between Alcohol Exposure and Firearm Violence: A Scoping Review Update Open
Findings from this scoping review continue to support a causal relationship between alcohol exposures and firearm violence that extends beyond acute alcohol use to include AUD and alcohol-related policies. Policies controlling the availabi…
View article: Trends in Opioid Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration, 2005-2022
Trends in Opioid Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration, 2005-2022 Open
Importance Given the personal and social burdens of opioid use disorder (OUD), understanding time trends in OUD prevalence in large patient populations is key to planning prevention and treatment services. Objective To examine trends in th…
View article: A state-level history of opioid overdose deaths in the United States: 1999-2021
A state-level history of opioid overdose deaths in the United States: 1999-2021 Open
We examined a natural history of opioid overdose deaths from 1999-2021 in the United States to describe state-level spatio-temporal heterogeneity in the waves of the epidemic. We obtained overdose death counts by state from 1999-2021, cate…
View article: Kline et al respond to “Motivating better methods—and better data collection—for measuring the prevalence of drug misuse”
Kline et al respond to “Motivating better methods—and better data collection—for measuring the prevalence of drug misuse” Open
Journal Article Accepted manuscript Kline et al. respond to "Motivating better methods—and better data collection—for measuring prevalence of drug misuse" Get access David M Kline, David M Kline Department of Biostatistics and Data Science…
View article: The role of prescription opioid and cannabis supply policies on opioid overdose deaths
The role of prescription opioid and cannabis supply policies on opioid overdose deaths Open
Mandatory prescription drug monitoring programs and cannabis legalization have been hypothesized to reduce overdose deaths. We examined associations between prescription monitoring programs with access mandates (must-query PDMPs), legaliza…
View article: A simple heuristic for allocating opioid settlement funding to reduce overdose mortality in the United States
A simple heuristic for allocating opioid settlement funding to reduce overdose mortality in the United States Open
As resolution for opioid-related claims and litigation against pharmaceutical manufacturers and other stakeholders, state and local governments are newly eligible for millions of dollars of settlement funding to address the overdose crisis…
View article: Spatiotemporal analysis of the association between residential eviction and fatal overdose in Rhode Island
Spatiotemporal analysis of the association between residential eviction and fatal overdose in Rhode Island Open
Objective Policy ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic shape the concurrent housing and overdose crises in the USA. Housing insecurity is a known risk factor for overdose, yet how residential eviction may influence fatal overdose risk is …
View article: Associations between pain-management treatments and opioid use disorder risk among Medicaid patients
Associations between pain-management treatments and opioid use disorder risk among Medicaid patients Open
Introduction: Chronic pain patients are at increased risk of opioid-misuse. Less is known about the unique risk conferred by each pain-management treatment, as treatments are typically implemented together, confounding their independent ef…