COVID-19 public health restrictions and opioid overdoes: a summative content analysis of emergency medical services records in three Texas counties
Ultimately the results presented here problematize prevailing analyses about the so-called opioid-COVID-19 "twindemic." The data further support emerging trends about substantial geographic variation and show some ways that COVID-19 mitigation measures may have improved conditions for some populations, particularly in terms of housing security. Additionally, the results presented here indicate that further attention should be paid to the effects of first responder stress on documentation quality.
Authors
- Tristin Brynn Hooker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-1009)
- Kasey Claborn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8415-3869)
- Nandini Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3596-5841)
- S. Scott Graham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1569-2428)
- Kimberlyn Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0337-3668)
Institutions
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy
- Published
- 2024-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-024-00627-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69
Funders
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- National Institute on Drug Abuse