Evaluation of Strategies to Enhance Community-Based Naloxone Distribution Supported by an Opioid Settlement
Zang X, Skinner A, Krieger M, Behrends C, Park J, Green T, Walley A, Morgan J, Linas B, Yedinak J, Schackman B, Marshall B. Evaluation of Strategies to Enhance Community-Based Naloxone Distribution Supported by an Opioid Settlement. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2413861. PMID: 38814644, PMCID: PMC11140538, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.13861.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-based naloxone distributionOpioid overdose deathsNaloxone distributionSolitary drug useOpioid overdoseNaloxone distribution programsDecision analytical model studyDrug useNonfatal opioid overdoseReducing opioid overdose deathsIncreasing naloxone distributionHypothetical interventionMain OutcomesNaloxone availabilityCommunity-based naloxone distribution programsStudy populationOverdose deathsInterventionAnnual numberUS statesMisuse opioidsAnalytical model studyRhode IslandPublished simulation modelSynergistic association