Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits for Opioid Use Disorder Across University of California Health Centers
While opioid-related ED admissions among the UC health centers showed an overall decrease, prescription and synthetic opioid overdoses remained significantly higher than pre-pandemic trends as of December 2022. A multilevel approach to improve awareness of new opioid health policies could ameliorate these alarming rises in the post-pandemic era.
Authors
- Jianwei Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3930-228X)
- Matthew Heshmatipour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2831-5106)
- Alexandre Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4391-4219)
- Ding Quan Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0754-7901)
- Yun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9438-5586)
- Emily Yi-Wen Truong
Institutions
- Chapman University (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.18468
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00