Thursday, December 12, 2013; 10:30 – 10:50am
Location
Grand Ballroom E
Presenter
Katherine Harmon, Injury Prevention Research Center
Abstract Summary
The United States is in the midst of a drug overdose epidemic, primarily due to opioid analgesics. Emergency department data are an important source of morbidity data for public health surveillance. This population-based study will describe visits to North Carolina emergency departments for drug, and more specifically, opioid overdoses.
Abstract (pdf)
Abstract Citation
Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. 2014; 6(1).
Presentation (pdf)
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