2021
Clinical impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of hospital-based strategies for addressing the US opioid epidemic: a modelling study
Barocas JA, Savinkina A, Adams J, Jawa R, Weinstein ZM, Samet JH, Linas BP. Clinical impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of hospital-based strategies for addressing the US opioid epidemic: a modelling study. The Lancet Public Health 2021, 7: e56-e64. PMID: 34861189, PMCID: PMC8756295, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00248-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderAddiction consult serviceHospital-based strategiesUS opioid epidemicOpioid epidemicUse disordersConsult serviceProbabilistic sensitivity analysesClinical impactDrug useIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioInjection-related infectionsInjection drug useMean lifetime costsNational InstituteCost-effectiveness ratioHarm reduction servicesDeterministic sensitivity analysesInpatient prescribingObservational cohortRecurrent infectionsOutpatient treatmentClinical trialsOverdose riskMedications
2020
Long-term Infective Endocarditis Mortality Associated With Injection Opioid Use in the United States: A Modeling Study
Barocas JA, Yazdi G, Savinkina A, Nolen S, Savitzky C, Samet JH, Englander H, Linas BP. Long-term Infective Endocarditis Mortality Associated With Injection Opioid Use in the United States: A Modeling Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 73: e3661-e3669. PMID: 32901815, PMCID: PMC8662770, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection opioid useRisk of deathAge 60 yearsOpioid useInfective endocarditisOpioid epidemicMortality rateUS opioid epidemicSyringe services programLow-risk techniqueProbability of deathHarm reduction approachAttributable fractionRisk groupsNatural historyInjection behaviorModel-generated estimatesDeathOpioidsSignificant increaseInjection frequencyUnited StatesMortalityRiskEpidemic