Using medical examiner case narratives to improve opioid overdose surveillance - Hurstak E, Rowe C, Turner C, Behar E, Cabugao R, Lemos NP, Coffin P.

BACKGROUND: Current opioid overdose mortality surveillance methods do not capture the complexity of the overdose epidemic. Most rely on death certificates, which may underestimate both opioid analgesic and heroin deaths. Categorizing deaths using other cha...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news