Chronic disease diagnoses and health service use among people who died of illicit drug toxicity in British Columbia, Canada
Findings suggest that people with heart disease who use illicit stimulants face an elevated risk of drug toxicity death. Future research should explore this association and should identify opportunities for targeted interventions to reduce drug toxicity deaths among people with medical comorbidities.
Authors
- Jessica Xavier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8015-3861)
- Alexis Crabtree (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1876-4354)
- Roshni Desai
- Amanda Slaunwhite (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1355-0031)
- Beth Haywood
- Frank Scheuermeyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9517-9258)
- Chloé G. Xavier
- John A. Staples (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1397-1503)
- Heather Palis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8570-5717)
- Jessica Moe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9557-1671)
- Kevin Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0254-5277)
- Andrew W. Tu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7604-4235)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Burnaby Hospital (CA)
- BC Centre for Disease Control (CA)
- Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes (CA)
- St. Paul's Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03646-y
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63
Funders
- Michael Smith Health Research BC
- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control